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 Before last, we took up the topic of the great inner conflict of the disciple, a fierce struggle

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 between the cravings of our insatiable flesh and the indwelling Holy Spirit, emphasizing

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 the need for an ongoing crucifying of the flesh and a walking in the steps of the Spirit.

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 And since that talk, some of you have approached me and asked if I might not say a little bit

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 more on this vital topic, moving from the forest to the trees and indeed down into the

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 individual weeds, getting really, really practical.

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 So that's my hope this morning, to take up this crucial topic of sin slaying and try to

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 thicken the description of the path to victory as concretely as possible.

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 And this is an arena, or at least it can be, of great frustration and even anguish for many

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 Christians.

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 They attempt to slay their sin, but never seem to succeed at it.

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 I wonder if you've heard of Samuel Johnson.

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 He was, here's some excerpts from his prayer journal.

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 He was a professing Christian, and it starts in 1738.

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 That's at least as early as I've found some of these references.

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 He writes in 1738,

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 Oh Lord, enable me to redeem the time which I have spent in sloth.

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 But you keep working through his dictionary, and 20 years later, you still see an entry like,

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 Oh mighty God, enable me to shake off sloth and redeem the time misspent in idleness and sin

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 by a diligent application of the days yet remaining.

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 Of course, two years later, enable me, Lord, to shake off idleness and sloth.

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 Then two years later, I have resolved to resolve till I am afraid to resolve again.

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 Let me shake off sloth.

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 A few years later, my indolence since my last reception of the Lord's Supper has sunk into

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 grosser sluggishness.

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 My purpose is from this time to avoid idleness and sloth and to rise early.

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 Five months later, resolved to rise early, not later than 6 a.m. if I can.

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 A year later, I purpose to rise at 8 a.m.

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 Because though I cannot rise early, it will be much earlier than I now rise, for I often

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 lie in my bed until 2 p.m.

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 And several years later, still, I am not yet in the state to form any resolutions.

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 I propose, I purpose, and I hope to rise early in the morning at 8 a.m.

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 And by degrees, eventually at 6 a.m.

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 Then 1775, okay, six years after that.

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 When I look back upon my resolutions of improvement and my amendments which year after year have been

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 made and broken, why do I yet try to resolve again?

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 I try because reformation is necessary and despair is criminal.

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 Therefore, resolved, rise at 8 a.m.

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 Then a couple of years, several years after that, I will not despair.

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 Help me.

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 Help me, oh my God.

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 Resolved, rise at 8 a.m.

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 Or earlier to avoid idleness.

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 And this is just a few years.

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 This is 44 years after his first entry about sloth and just a few years before his death.

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 Okay?

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 So, a familiar frustration?

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 An ineffectual fight against sin.

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 What can we do?

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 Is there any hope?

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 Will our battle against our sin be like Samuel Johnson's effort against sloth and just kind

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 of drag on more and more resolutions?

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 What is the path of promised victory?

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 That's what we want to look into.

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 And to lead us into that sought-out territory, there is a pivotal principle the Apostle gives

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 us in Romans 8.13, where Paul writes,

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 If by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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 If by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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 And this is where we want to begin to kind of pull on the threads of sin slaying.

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 And let's not fail to notice, in passing, the stakes in this matter.

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 Are they not remarkably high?

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 None other than life and death are in the balance here.

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 As the full statement of the Apostle reads, Romans 8.13,

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 If you live according to the flesh, you will die.

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 But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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 As John Owen, Puritan John Owen famously put it in lapidary succinctness,

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 Be killing sin, or sin will assuredly be killing you.

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 So if we are to live, we must be putting to death the deeds of the body.

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 Incidentally, by deeds of the body, Paul means the deeds of the flesh.

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 It's clear from the parallelism of this verse that we're looking at.

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 That is, the stuff in us that comes out of us when we are acting out of hostility toward God,

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 or in subordination to him, or unbelief toward him.

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 That's what we mean by the flesh, or the deeds of the body.

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 In a word, sin.

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 Okay?

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 All that falls foul, or falls short, of the perfect humanity set forth in Christ.

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 So that's the target of our zealous efforts at extirpation.

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 And extirpation, it must be put to death, it says.

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 Not simply wound, or periodically prune.

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 Just a little off the top, please.

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 That should be sufficient.

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 No, we need to put it to death.

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 The axe must be laid at the root of the tree.

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 And for if we let our flesh prevail,

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 what we think, feel, and do,

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 be shaped decisively by our flesh,

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 what we think, feel, and do,

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 apart from or against God,

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 we will die.

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 We will die.

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 So, the vital question becomes,

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 how do we manage to put to death the deeds of the body?

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 And notice how, in our text,

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 how it emphasizes the need to battle this flesh

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 in a particular way.

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 In a particular way.

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 Do you notice that?

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 If by the spirit,

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 you are putting to death the deeds of the body,

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 you will live.

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 So this is critical.

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 This is critical.

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 The Christian is not simply one

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 who tries to put to death the deeds of the body.

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 Lots of unbelievers do this too.

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 Everyone from dieters to ascetics

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 perform all kinds of acts of self-denial

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 against their acts of the body.

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 Therapies and self-help manuals decant

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 multiple methods of doing this.

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 And there's a whole new spate of them.

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 Every new year they come out

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 to try to assist us

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 in getting control over our habits

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 and these sorts of things.

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 Self-disciplined,

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 kind of Ben Franklin types

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 abound,

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 armed with all kinds of resolutions

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 for self-improvement,

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 just like Samuel Johnson.

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 All these resolutions for self-improvement.

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 And again,

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 neither does just being a Christian

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 guarantee

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 that we will go about

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 seeking to put to death the flesh

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 in the right or effectual way.

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 And often our efforts

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 can feel like

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 they're amounting

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 to just a miserable failure.

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 Remember Samuel Johnson's

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 unavailing efforts here.

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 So,

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 the apostle is adamant here,

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 it must be by the spirit

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 that we do the killing.

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 No other way is effectual.

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 So our question naturally becomes,

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 how is this done?

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 What does

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 putting to death

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 the deeds of the spirit

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 by the spirit

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 mean?

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 What does that mean?

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 Now,

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 the apostle is not

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 quite as explicit here

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 as we might wish

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 that he were,

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 but we're not without resort.

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 For the context

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 that we have,

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 that this verse is in,

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 gives us a good clue

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 as to what he means.

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 For he's just explained,

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 same chapter,

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 verse five,

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 so Romans eight,

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 five,

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 those according

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 to the spirit

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 set their minds

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 on the things

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 of the spirit.

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 Okay,

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 verse five.

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 So it's likely

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 that

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 the way we put

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 to death the flesh

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 by the spirit

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 is by

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 setting our minds

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 on the things

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 of the spirit.

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 Okay?

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 And if this is so,

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 then the question

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 becomes,

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 what are

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 the things

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 of the spirit?

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 What are the things

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 of the spirit?

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 Well,

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 without wanting

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 to unduly narrow

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 the identification,

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 it is interesting

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 that there is

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 one place

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 in the New Testament

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 where the exact

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 phrase occurs,

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 and it's again

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 from Paul's pen,

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 1 Corinthians 2,

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 14.

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 Okay?

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 I'll read that.

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 1 Corinthians 2,

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 14.

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 The natural person

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 does not accept

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 the things

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 of the spirit

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 for they are

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 folly to him.

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 He is not able

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 to understand them

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 because they are

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 spiritually discerned.

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 And in the context,

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 what he is talking

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 about here,

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 I should read it

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 from verse 12.

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 Now,

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 we have received

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 not a spirit

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 of the world,

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 but the spirit

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 who is from God

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 that we might

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 understand

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 the things

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 freely given

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 to us

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 by God.

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 And we impart

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 this in words

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 not taught

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 by human wisdom,

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 but taught

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 by the spirit

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 interpreting

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 spiritual truths

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 to those

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 who are spiritual.

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 And the natural

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 person does not

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 accept these

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 things of

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 the spirit.

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 So,

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 what are the

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 things of the

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 spirit here?

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 Well,

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 the words,

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 the words

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 taught by

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 the Holy Spirit

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 given to Paul

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 to teach us

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 in his,

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 in the New Testament

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 writings.

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 In other words,

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 the apostolic words

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 that we now have

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 in the apostolic

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 writings.

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 The scripture.

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 The voice

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 of the spirit

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 heard through

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 the inspired

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 words,

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 apostolic words

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 that we now

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 have in the

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 scripture.

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 Okay,

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 so,

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 so,

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 I want to suggest

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 that to set

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 our minds

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 on the things

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 of the spirit

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 certainly involves

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 setting them

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 on the word

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 of God

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 as we now

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 have it

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 in our

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 Bibles.

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 So,

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 this is my

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 central claim

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 and I'm

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 quite confident

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 that we are

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 in solid,

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 on solid

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 ground here.

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 Incidentally,

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 a corroborative

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 piece of

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 evidence

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 that we have

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 made a right

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 identification,

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 things of the

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 spirit,

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 the word of

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 God,

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 is in Paul's

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 discussion in

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 Ephesians 6

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 of the whole

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 armor of God.

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 You remember

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 that?

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 Okay,

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 and if you

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 look down

00:12:57.640 --> 00:12:57.960
 through that

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 whole armor

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 of God,

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 there's only

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 one piece

00:13:01.700 --> 00:13:02.460
 of that armor

00:13:02.460 --> 00:13:03.540
 with which

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 you can

00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:04.740
 kill.

00:13:05.660 --> 00:13:06.280
 What is

00:13:06.280 --> 00:13:06.540
 that?

00:13:06.580 --> 00:13:06.720
 Do you

00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:07.060
 remember?

00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:08.820
 Well,

00:13:09.220 --> 00:13:09.640
 the sword

00:13:09.640 --> 00:13:10.200
 of the spirit

00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:10.960
 which is

00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:12.120
 the word

00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:12.660
 of God.

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 Okay,

00:13:13.020 --> 00:13:13.420
 the sword

00:13:13.420 --> 00:13:14.000
 of the spirit

00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:15.060
 which is

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 the word

00:13:15.400 --> 00:13:15.880
 of God.

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 Okay,

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 so,

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 and as

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 further

00:13:20.680 --> 00:13:21.520
 and decisive

00:13:21.520 --> 00:13:22.400
 support for

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 this contention,

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 does not

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 Jesus do

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 exactly this?

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 When he

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 is faced

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 with temptation,

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 remember you

00:13:34.539 --> 00:13:35.240
 get in Luke

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 4,

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 different places

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 in the Gospels,

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 when he's

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 faced with

00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:39.919
 temptation

00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:42.039
 by Satan

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 coming to

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 him,

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 how does

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 he respond

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 to that?

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 He says

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 no,

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 but he

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 quotes

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 scripture.

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 That's right,

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 he actually

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 comes back

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 with scripture

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 and he sets

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 his mind

00:13:53.100 --> 00:13:53.539
 on,

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 the things

00:13:54.179 --> 00:13:54.560
 of the spirit

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 which is

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 the word

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 of God,

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 the scriptures.

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 That's

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 exactly how

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 he does it.

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 So,

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 I want to

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 suggest

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 that

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 we put

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 to death

00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:06.399
 the deeds

00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:07.200
 of the body

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 by the spirit,

00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:10.000
 okay,

00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:10.720
 by means of

00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:11.100
 the spirit,

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 by taking

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 our minds

00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:14.720
 and setting

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 our minds

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 firmly

00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:17.259
 on the

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 word of

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 God.

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 Okay,

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 so it's

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 the word

00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:20.620
 of God

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 that is

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 the instrument

00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:23.940
 in killing

00:14:23.940 --> 00:14:25.379
 our sin

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 as we set

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 our minds

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 upon it.

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 The word

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 is the means

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 by which

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 the vigorous

00:14:31.659 --> 00:14:32.419
 action of

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 the spirit

00:14:33.299 --> 00:14:35.259
 is released.

00:14:36.259 --> 00:14:37.220
 We set

00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:37.700
 our minds

00:14:37.700 --> 00:14:38.519
 upon it.

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 That's what

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 we need to do.

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 So,

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 how does this

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 practically

00:14:43.340 --> 00:14:44.120
 work itself

00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:44.460
 out?

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 I find

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 Paul's

00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:49.580
 remarks

00:14:49.580 --> 00:14:50.480
 in Galatians

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 to be

00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:52.420
 really helpful

00:14:52.420 --> 00:14:53.400
 in filling

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 this out.

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 Particularly

00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:55.840
 in Galatians

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 3,

00:14:58.060 --> 00:14:59.440
 about

00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:00.560
 verse 5,

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 which

00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:03.139
 gets at

00:15:03.139 --> 00:15:04.300
 what we

00:15:04.300 --> 00:15:04.940
 do,

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 what we

00:15:05.980 --> 00:15:06.440
 do,

00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:07.259
 such

00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:08.320
 that the

00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:09.200
 Holy Spirit

00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:10.420
 is at

00:15:10.420 --> 00:15:10.820
 work.

00:15:11.300 --> 00:15:11.440
 Okay,

00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:11.820
 and Paul

00:15:11.820 --> 00:15:12.360
 is asking

00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:12.980
 in Galatians,

00:15:13.060 --> 00:15:13.480
 in Galatians

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 3, 5,

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 he's asking

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 them,

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 now think

00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.460
 back,

00:15:17.580 --> 00:15:18.080
 Galatians,

00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:19.480
 when the

00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:19.919
 spirit of

00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:20.319
 God came

00:15:20.319 --> 00:15:20.519
 to you

00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:21.279
 and how

00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:25.279
 did the

00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:26.039
 spirit work

00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:27.139
 effectually

00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:28.019
 in you?

00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:28.919
 Okay,

00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:29.759
 and then he

00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.179
 asks them a

00:15:30.179 --> 00:15:30.419
 question.

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 He says,

00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:31.819
 does he

00:15:31.819 --> 00:15:32.759
 who supplies

00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:33.379
 the spirit

00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:33.919
 to you

00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:34.679
 and work

00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:35.519
 miracles

00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:36.500
 among you,

00:15:37.319 --> 00:15:38.620
 does he

00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:39.319
 do so

00:15:39.319 --> 00:15:40.240
 through

00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:41.439
 works of

00:15:41.439 --> 00:15:41.899
 the law

00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:43.439
 or by

00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:44.180
 hearing

00:15:44.180 --> 00:15:45.560
 with faith

00:15:45.560 --> 00:15:46.460
 or by

00:15:46.460 --> 00:15:46.680
 hearing

00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:47.060
 with faith?

00:15:47.180 --> 00:15:47.520
 So he's

00:15:47.520 --> 00:15:48.420
 asking the

00:15:48.420 --> 00:15:48.760
 Galatians,

00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:49.340
 now remember,

00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:51.780
 how is this

00:15:51.780 --> 00:15:52.880
 miracle working

00:15:52.880 --> 00:15:53.460
 power of the

00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:54.560
 spirit unleashed

00:15:54.560 --> 00:15:54.840
 in your

00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:55.300
 lives?

00:15:56.020 --> 00:15:56.520
 How did that

00:15:56.520 --> 00:15:56.880
 work?

00:15:57.420 --> 00:15:58.280
 Two options.

00:15:59.060 --> 00:15:59.520
 Was it

00:15:59.520 --> 00:16:00.680
 trying to make

00:16:00.680 --> 00:16:01.320
 things happen

00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:02.420
 by performing

00:16:02.420 --> 00:16:02.980
 the works of

00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:03.340
 the law,

00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:04.260
 just obeying

00:16:04.260 --> 00:16:04.840
 commands?

00:16:05.380 --> 00:16:06.260
 Was that how

00:16:06.260 --> 00:16:06.680
 it happened?

00:16:07.940 --> 00:16:08.540
 Gong,

00:16:08.820 --> 00:16:09.440
 wrong answer,

00:16:09.540 --> 00:16:09.920
 thank you for

00:16:09.920 --> 00:16:10.180
 playing,

00:16:10.179 --> 00:16:10.579
 no,

00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:11.139
 no,

00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:12.199
 second answer,

00:16:12.599 --> 00:16:13.399
 or by

00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:14.719
 hearing with

00:16:14.719 --> 00:16:15.339
 faith?

00:16:16.199 --> 00:16:17.219
 Hearing with

00:16:17.219 --> 00:16:17.779
 faith.

00:16:18.479 --> 00:16:18.799
 Bingo,

00:16:19.319 --> 00:16:19.979
 right answer,

00:16:20.239 --> 00:16:20.759
 you win.

00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:22.079
 So,

00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:24.339
 and incidentally,

00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.339
 this is one of

00:16:25.339 --> 00:16:26.199
 the grand points

00:16:26.199 --> 00:16:26.959
 of the whole

00:16:26.959 --> 00:16:27.719
 epistle of

00:16:27.719 --> 00:16:28.359
 Galatians,

00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:29.239
 that you are

00:16:29.239 --> 00:16:30.859
 actually sanctified,

00:16:31.579 --> 00:16:32.159
 you are made

00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:33.319
 progressively holy

00:16:33.319 --> 00:16:34.500
 by the same

00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:35.139
 means and

00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:35.779
 principle by

00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:36.139
 which you

00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:36.759
 were justified.

00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:38.399
 Originally,

00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:39.000
 when you came

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.379
 to Christ,

00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:40.299
 you heard a

00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:41.279
 wonderful promise

00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:42.000
 and you

00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:42.740
 believed in

00:16:42.740 --> 00:16:43.539
 that promise

00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:44.019
 and you

00:16:44.019 --> 00:16:44.879
 were justified.

00:16:45.539 --> 00:16:45.919
 And you

00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:46.299
 know what?

00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:47.139
 It's just

00:16:47.139 --> 00:16:48.039
 the same

00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:49.500
 when it

00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:49.860
 comes to

00:16:49.860 --> 00:16:50.519
 sanctification.

00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:51.360
 You have

00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:52.039
 a promise

00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:52.879
 and you

00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:53.539
 set your

00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:53.820
 mind on

00:16:53.820 --> 00:16:54.240
 that promise

00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:54.480
 and you

00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:54.960
 believe that

00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:55.259
 promise,

00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:55.580
 you ingress

00:16:55.580 --> 00:16:56.080
 that promise

00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:56.820
 and you

00:16:56.820 --> 00:16:57.200
 will be

00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:57.799
 sanctified.

00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:58.399
 You are

00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:59.360
 sanctified in

00:16:59.360 --> 00:16:59.840
 the same

00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:00.600
 way in

00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:00.960
 which you

00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.580
 are justified.

00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:02.360
 And that's

00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:03.299
 Galatians in

00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:03.679
 a nutshell.

00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:05.440
 So,

00:17:05.619 --> 00:17:06.640
 that's what

00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:07.019
 he's saying.

00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:07.559
 And notice,

00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:10.279
 notice how

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:11.000
 Paul doesn't

00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:11.539
 just say

00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:12.639
 by faith.

00:17:13.579 --> 00:17:14.519
 By faith.

00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:16.500
 He adds

00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:17.240
 something else.

00:17:17.419 --> 00:17:17.679
 Notice,

00:17:18.879 --> 00:17:19.500
 hearing.

00:17:20.879 --> 00:17:21.279
 Okay?

00:17:21.500 --> 00:17:22.720
 Hearing by

00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.119
 faith.

00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:23.839
 Okay?

00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:24.599
 So,

00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.259
 why does

00:17:25.259 --> 00:17:26.539
 he add

00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:27.659
 hearing there?

00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:29.099
 How does

00:17:29.099 --> 00:17:29.779
 accenting

00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:30.819
 hearing

00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:32.339
 make a

00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:32.759
 difference?

00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:34.420
 Well,

00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.799
 because

00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:37.019
 the Spirit

00:17:37.019 --> 00:17:38.000
 is supplied

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:39.379
 by our

00:17:39.379 --> 00:17:40.460
 hearing.

00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:41.879
 He works

00:17:41.879 --> 00:17:42.460
 his miracles

00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:43.119
 in our

00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:44.160
 hearing.

00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:45.180
 Okay?

00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.559
 And this

00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:47.039
 is vital.

00:17:47.539 --> 00:17:48.220
 If you want

00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:48.900
 the Spirit

00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:50.559
 released to

00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.079
 work with

00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:51.700
 power,

00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:53.140
 you need

00:17:53.140 --> 00:17:54.440
 to hear

00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:55.539
 the Word

00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:56.660
 and believe

00:17:56.660 --> 00:17:56.960
 it.

00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:57.759
 Okay?

00:17:57.839 --> 00:17:58.759
 Hear the Word

00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:59.119
 and believe

00:17:59.119 --> 00:17:59.319
 it.

00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:00.839
 So,

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.639
 when you

00:18:01.639 --> 00:18:02.379
 are battling

00:18:02.379 --> 00:18:03.079
 with sin,

00:18:03.399 --> 00:18:04.339
 what is

00:18:04.339 --> 00:18:05.019
 your first

00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:05.700
 act

00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:06.679
 in this

00:18:06.679 --> 00:18:07.059
 fray?

00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:08.419
 Okay?

00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:09.519
 Listen.

00:18:10.819 --> 00:18:11.399
 That's your

00:18:11.399 --> 00:18:12.059
 first act.

00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.079
 Listen.

00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:14.859
 Hear

00:18:14.859 --> 00:18:15.460
 something.

00:18:16.539 --> 00:18:17.000
 Get

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.679
 something

00:18:17.679 --> 00:18:18.759
 into your

00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.299
 ear.

00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:20.259
 Okay?

00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:20.899
 Martin Luther

00:18:20.899 --> 00:18:22.019
 used to

00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:22.339
 say,

00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:24.480
 the ear

00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:25.539
 is the

00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:26.240
 Christian's

00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:26.599
 organ.

00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:27.720
 The ear

00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:28.059
 is the

00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:28.440
 Christian

00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:28.919
 organ.

00:18:29.159 --> 00:18:29.419
 What do

00:18:29.419 --> 00:18:29.700
 you mean

00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:30.039
 by that?

00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:30.259
 Not

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:31.440
 seeing a

00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:32.079
 crucifix?

00:18:32.139 --> 00:18:32.299
 Isn't

00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:32.779
 the eye?

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.379
 No!

00:18:34.099 --> 00:18:34.599
 It's the

00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:35.039
 ear.

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:35.919
 Okay?

00:18:35.919 --> 00:18:36.220
 We need

00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:36.839
 to hear.

00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:37.039
 So,

00:18:37.179 --> 00:18:37.839
 faith comes

00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.980
 by hearing

00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:39.679
 and hearing

00:18:39.679 --> 00:18:40.559
 by the

00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:40.839
 Word of

00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:41.119
 God.

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:41.940
 Okay?

00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:42.960
 So,

00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:43.919
 don't

00:18:43.919 --> 00:18:44.519
 minimize

00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:45.500
 the importance

00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:46.700
 of hearing.

00:18:47.679 --> 00:18:47.700
 Okay?

00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:48.500
 And by

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:49.019
 hearing,

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:50.019
 I'm not

00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:50.899
 saying necessarily

00:18:50.899 --> 00:18:51.700
 it has to

00:18:51.700 --> 00:18:52.659
 be acoustic

00:18:52.659 --> 00:18:53.700
 out loud.

00:18:54.139 --> 00:18:54.779
 Just like

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.179
 when you

00:18:55.179 --> 00:18:55.740
 read a

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.059
 book,

00:18:56.419 --> 00:18:56.639
 you're

00:18:56.639 --> 00:18:57.279
 actually hearing

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:57.759
 it in your

00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.019
 mind,

00:18:58.079 --> 00:18:58.460
 aren't you?

00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.160
 You're

00:18:59.160 --> 00:18:59.619
 hearing it

00:18:59.619 --> 00:19:00.019
 acoustic.

00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:01.019
 Ambrose used

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.339
 to do this.

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.700
 Almost all

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.420
 reading used

00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:04.039
 to be out

00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:04.359
 loud.

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:04.779
 It used

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:04.980
 to be

00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.319
 acoustic.

00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:05.980
 So,

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:06.740
 anybody that

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.119
 would read

00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:07.799
 silently like

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.119
 we do

00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:08.460
 was a

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:08.940
 marvel.

00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:09.819
 And Bishop

00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.500
 Ambrose was

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:10.859
 one of those.

00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:11.180
 And people

00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:11.519
 used to

00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:13.220
 come and

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:13.720
 actually just

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:14.399
 watch him

00:19:14.399 --> 00:19:15.639
 because his

00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.119
 mouth would

00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:16.639
 be moving,

00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:17.639
 but they

00:19:17.639 --> 00:19:18.220
 wouldn't hear

00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:18.539
 anything.

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.200
 But he was

00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:19.899
 hearing something.

00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.200
 Okay?

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:20.720
 When you read

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.180
 it, you hear

00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:21.339
 it.

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:21.559
 So,

00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:22.220
 that's what

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:23.539
 we mean

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:23.720
 here.

00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:25.519
 So,

00:19:25.660 --> 00:19:26.440
 I need to

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:26.920
 hear it,

00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.440
 even if it's

00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:27.840
 an inner

00:19:27.840 --> 00:19:28.259
 hearing.

00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:29.200
 So,

00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:29.580
 don't just

00:19:29.580 --> 00:19:29.820
 say,

00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:30.200
 oh,

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:30.759
 when temptation

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.160
 comes,

00:19:31.380 --> 00:19:31.820
 I'm just

00:19:31.820 --> 00:19:32.100
 going to

00:19:32.100 --> 00:19:33.120
 trust God.

00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:34.160
 I'm just

00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:34.400
 going to

00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:34.940
 trust God.

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.160
 Well,

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:35.720
 good.

00:19:36.340 --> 00:19:36.740
 But how

00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:37.019
 does that

00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:37.519
 play out

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.240
 concretely?

00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:39.160
 That's still

00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:40.000
 too vague.

00:19:40.600 --> 00:19:41.180
 It's just

00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:42.320
 too vague

00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:43.539
 and amorphous.

00:19:43.820 --> 00:19:44.440
 I need to

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:45.100
 get a

00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:45.860
 concrete

00:19:45.860 --> 00:19:47.140
 promise

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:48.299
 about

00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:49.180
 something that

00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:49.600
 he tells

00:19:49.600 --> 00:19:49.820
 me,

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.920
 promise or

00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.539
 his character,

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.539
 and trust

00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:53.279
 that

00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:54.240
 concretely.

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:56.019
 So,

00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:56.440
 how does

00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:56.839
 this play

00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:57.120
 out?

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:58.799
 How does

00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.120
 this play

00:19:59.120 --> 00:19:59.339
 out?

00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:00.519
 Well,

00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.539
 when the

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:01.920
 flesh

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:02.940
 kindles

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.660
 something

00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.559
 seeking to

00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:05.140
 conceive

00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:06.480
 sin in

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:06.839
 me,

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:07.819
 how do

00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:08.220
 I try

00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:08.700
 to kill

00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.120
 that?

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.160
 Put it

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:10.640
 to death.

00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:11.740
 Okay?

00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.539
 I need

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:13.420
 to hear

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.059
 the word

00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:15.940
 and listen

00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:16.799
 to a

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.440
 promise.

00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.460
 And that's

00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.440
 what energizes

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.160
 the spirit

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.740
 to do his

00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:21.440
 killing work.

00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.319
 Okay,

00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:23.120
 let me give

00:20:23.120 --> 00:20:23.539
 you an example

00:20:23.539 --> 00:20:23.779
 of this.

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.139
 In fact,

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:24.839
 turn to

00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:26.339
 John 14.

00:20:26.899 --> 00:20:27.139
 Okay,

00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:27.940
 John 14

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.440
 verse 1.

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:28.879
 This is a

00:20:28.879 --> 00:20:29.819
 helpful example

00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:30.180
 of this.

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:31.700
 See,

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.079
 this is

00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:33.700
 precisely what

00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:34.079
 we see

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:35.240
 Jesus doing

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.839
 for his

00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:36.440
 disciples.

00:20:37.639 --> 00:20:38.440
 He sees

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:38.940
 them starting

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.200
 to get

00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:39.700
 anxious.

00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:40.899
 Okay,

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:41.660
 uh-oh,

00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.119
 he's saying

00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:42.680
 something about

00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.399
 going away

00:20:43.399 --> 00:20:44.480
 and the

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.200
 anxiety is

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.559
 starting to

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.019
 bubble up

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.220
 and they're

00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.519
 about to

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:47.180
 give themselves

00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:47.700
 over to

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.160
 fear.

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:49.039
 Their hearts

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.379
 are about

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:49.639
 to be

00:20:49.639 --> 00:20:50.000
 troubled.

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.319
 And,

00:20:52.379 --> 00:20:52.599
 uh,

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.980
 what does

00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:54.699
 he tell

00:20:54.699 --> 00:20:54.859
 him?

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.179
 He gives

00:20:55.179 --> 00:20:56.099
 him a

00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:56.579
 promise.

00:20:57.219 --> 00:20:57.439
 Okay,

00:20:57.939 --> 00:20:58.539
 he says,

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.519
 let not

00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:00.219
 your hearts

00:21:00.219 --> 00:21:01.019
 be troubled.

00:21:02.179 --> 00:21:02.419
 Okay,

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.659
 believe in

00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:04.159
 God.

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:04.699
 Okay,

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:04.980
 good.

00:21:05.419 --> 00:21:06.259
 But that's

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.619
 still too

00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:06.859
 vague,

00:21:06.939 --> 00:21:07.359
 too concrete.

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.259
 Believe also

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.879
 in me.

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:09.299
 Okay,

00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:09.639
 I'm the

00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:10.079
 concrete

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.659
 embodiment

00:21:10.659 --> 00:21:11.000
 of God

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.139
 here.

00:21:11.219 --> 00:21:11.559
 Believe in

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:11.919
 me.

00:21:12.419 --> 00:21:12.559
 Okay,

00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.279
 but even

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:14.099
 that's not

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.839
 quite enough.

00:21:15.219 --> 00:21:15.599
 He's going

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:15.779
 to give

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.219
 him something

00:21:16.219 --> 00:21:16.619
 more to

00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:16.980
 hang on

00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.119
 to.

00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:17.539
 Notice how

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:17.879
 he goes

00:21:17.879 --> 00:21:18.159
 to a

00:21:18.159 --> 00:21:18.479
 specific

00:21:18.479 --> 00:21:18.979
 promise.

00:21:19.899 --> 00:21:20.000
 Okay,

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:20.719
 in my

00:21:20.719 --> 00:21:21.199
 father's

00:21:21.199 --> 00:21:21.659
 house,

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.579
 there are

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:22.759
 many

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.199
 mansions.

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:23.559
 If it

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:23.939
 were not

00:21:23.939 --> 00:21:24.179
 so,

00:21:24.239 --> 00:21:24.479
 I would

00:21:24.479 --> 00:21:24.799
 not have

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.259
 told you.

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.159
 And if

00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:26.599
 I go to

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:26.959
 prepare a

00:21:26.959 --> 00:21:27.219
 place for

00:21:27.219 --> 00:21:27.319
 you,

00:21:27.399 --> 00:21:27.899
 I will

00:21:27.899 --> 00:21:28.799
 come back

00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:31.719
 and receive

00:21:31.719 --> 00:21:32.259
 you unto

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.699
 myself.

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.419
 That where

00:21:33.419 --> 00:21:33.819
 I am,

00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.199
 there you

00:21:34.199 --> 00:21:34.659
 may be

00:21:34.659 --> 00:21:35.139
 also.

00:21:36.139 --> 00:21:36.279
 So,

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:37.219
 notice how

00:21:37.219 --> 00:21:39.039
 anxiety is

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.319
 starting to

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:39.779
 come up.

00:21:40.159 --> 00:21:40.239
 Okay,

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:40.459
 whoa,

00:21:40.459 --> 00:21:40.679
 whoa,

00:21:40.679 --> 00:21:40.839
 whoa,

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.099
 no,

00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.899
 believe in

00:21:41.899 --> 00:21:42.139
 God,

00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:42.719
 believe in

00:21:42.719 --> 00:21:43.139
 me,

00:21:43.439 --> 00:21:44.139
 focus,

00:21:44.439 --> 00:21:44.759
 me.

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:46.559
 And here,

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.400
 I'm going

00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:47.859
 to give

00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:48.240
 you a

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.799
 concrete

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.440
 promise

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:50.440
 and put

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:50.980
 your trust

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.319
 in this

00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:51.779
 promise.

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:53.160
 See,

00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:53.740
 he gets

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.900
 a word

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:55.480
 of promise

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.420
 into them

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:56.720
 in their

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.220
 hearing,

00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:57.839
 and then

00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:58.440
 they're able

00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:59.259
 to put

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.740
 their trust

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.140
 in that,

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:01.019
 and they're

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.480
 able to

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:01.740
 be at

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.119
 peace,

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:02.819
 and their

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.099
 heart

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.619
 not be

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:03.940
 troubled.

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.200
 And this

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.579
 is what

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.000
 we need

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.480
 to do.

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.539
 Okay,

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:07.839
 if I,

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:08.500
 oh my

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:08.980
 goodness,

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.819
 I'm this

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.559
 old now,

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.079
 and I'm

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:12.619
 not married

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:12.920
 yet,

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.619
 and I need

00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:14.059
 a spouse,

00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:14.460
 oh my

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:14.860
 goodness,

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:15.600
 my life

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:17.240
 is coming

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:17.819
 undone,

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:18.920
 what do

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.340
 you do?

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:20.539
 Okay,

00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:20.700
 well,

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.579
 is there

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.240
 some sort

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.220
 of promise

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:24.079
 that addresses

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.519
 that?

00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:26.259
 You know,

00:22:26.340 --> 00:22:26.660
 Abraham,

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.259
 God,

00:22:27.340 --> 00:22:27.579
 what will

00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:27.880
 you give

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.120
 me?

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.559
 What will

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:28.880
 you give

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.120
 me?

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.100
 Abraham,

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:33.640
 I am

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.700
 your exceeding

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:36.460
 great reward.

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.259
 I think

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.500
 you need

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.700
 to give

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.039
 me something

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.160
 I,

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.319
 no,

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:39.539
 no,

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:39.759
 no,

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:39.799
 no,

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:39.900
 no,

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:39.940
 no,

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.079
 no,

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.100
 no,

00:22:40.100 --> 00:22:40.519
 no,

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.039
 you tell

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.860
 me you

00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:42.860
 are my

00:22:42.860 --> 00:22:43.480
 exceeding

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.140
 great reward.

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:45.120
 Genesis 15.

00:22:45.780 --> 00:22:45.900
 Okay,

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.240
 there's a

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:46.980
 concrete thing

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.220
 that he

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.620
 says.

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.400
 I hear that,

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:48.820
 I listen to

00:22:48.820 --> 00:22:49.100
 that.

00:22:49.780 --> 00:22:50.040
 Okay,

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.120
 okay.

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.300
 Yeah,

00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:54.820
 yeah,

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.280
 there you go,

00:22:55.340 --> 00:22:55.720
 exactly,

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.320
 exactly.

00:22:57.020 --> 00:22:57.780
 I remember

00:22:57.780 --> 00:22:59.080
 dropping

00:22:59.080 --> 00:23:00.180
 Vienna off,

00:23:00.280 --> 00:23:01.020
 my oldest

00:23:01.020 --> 00:23:01.500
 daughter.

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.380
 She was

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:03.100
 going to

00:23:03.100 --> 00:23:03.560
 kindergarten,

00:23:03.800 --> 00:23:04.180
 and she

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.600
 was so

00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:05.240
 excited for

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.500
 this,

00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:05.780
 and she

00:23:05.780 --> 00:23:06.080
 was there,

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.460
 everything

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:06.920
 was all

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.259
 ready,

00:23:07.800 --> 00:23:08.440
 and she

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:08.820
 was just

00:23:08.820 --> 00:23:09.400
 so happy

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:09.860
 and excited,

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.340
 and dropped

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:10.860
 her off.

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.139
 She had

00:23:11.139 --> 00:23:11.459
 her lunch

00:23:11.459 --> 00:23:11.799
 packed,

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.179
 her lunch

00:23:12.179 --> 00:23:12.539
 box,

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.359
 and I

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:13.699
 picked her

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:13.939
 up at

00:23:13.939 --> 00:23:14.139
 the end

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.279
 of the

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.439
 day,

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:14.699
 and she

00:23:14.699 --> 00:23:15.459
 was crying.

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:16.799
 And,

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.159
 you know,

00:23:17.419 --> 00:23:17.979
 Vienna,

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.659
 what happened?

00:23:19.219 --> 00:23:19.579
 Oh,

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.219
 everybody

00:23:20.219 --> 00:23:20.779
 thought my

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.359
 lunch box

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:22.000
 was silly.

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.359
 So they

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:23.879
 made fun

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.639
 of me

00:23:24.639 --> 00:23:25.279
 because I

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.699
 had the

00:23:25.699 --> 00:23:25.939
 wrong

00:23:25.939 --> 00:23:26.679
 lunch box.

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.599
 I don't

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:27.699
 know,

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:27.899
 it didn't

00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:28.159
 have the

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:28.679
 right logo

00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:29.839
 on or

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:30.259
 something.

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.579
 And you

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:31.979
 can see

00:23:31.979 --> 00:23:33.419
 she's about

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:33.939
 to give

00:23:33.939 --> 00:23:34.139
 in to

00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:37.639
 these soul-sinking

00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:38.240
 thoughts,

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.099
 I'm not

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.699
 loved.

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:41.120
 What do

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.600
 we do?

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.740
 As we're

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.420
 driving home,

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:43.920
 we're just

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:46.100
 trying to get

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:47.460
 her hearing

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.640
 some word,

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.539
 you know,

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:51.660
 and try to

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.580
 put to death

00:23:52.580 --> 00:23:53.420
 those soul-sinking

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.019
 thoughts of

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.400
 I'm not

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:54.799
 loved.

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.140
 Zechariah

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.640
 2.8,

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.559
 you are

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.360
 the apple

00:23:59.360 --> 00:24:00.019
 of my

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.460
 eye.

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.340
 He who

00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:01.900
 touches you

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.640
 touches the

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.059
 apple of

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.740
 my eye.

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.519
 Jeremiah

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.259
 31,

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.380
 I don't

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:07.420
 know,

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:07.700
 three,

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:09.799
 I have

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.799
 loved you

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.980
 with an

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.759
 everlasting

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:14.059
 love.

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.319
 And on

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.559
 and on

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:15.799
 and on.

00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:16.000
 And you

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.660
 can fill

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.059
 those in.

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.080
 And it

00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:20.120
 just began

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:21.140
 to lift it

00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:21.460
 up and

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.779
 gave her

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.299
 something

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.860
 concrete.

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.160
 And even

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.980
 for

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.880
 kindergartner,

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.960
 this works.

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:27.720
 You can

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.460
 do this.

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.319
 You can

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.920
 do this.

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.840
 Scared of

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.120
 getting on

00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:32.519
 a plane?

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.240
 I see a lot

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.519
 of people

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:33.900
 scared of

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.140
 getting on

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.539
 a plane.

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:36.319
 Oh my

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.700
 goodness.

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.879
 What if

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.119
 it goes

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.440
 down?

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:38.839
 Oh,

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:39.819
 there's

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.200
 just a

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.500
 lot of

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:40.759
 empty

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.079
 air

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.420
 between

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:41.659
 me

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:41.759
 and

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:41.859
 the

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.339
 ground.

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.500
 Deuteronomy

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:46.220
 33,

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:46.920
 27.

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.339
 Underneath

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:49.339
 me are

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:49.539
 the

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:49.920
 everlasting

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.899
 arms.

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.319
 What do

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.559
 I need

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:52.740
 to do?

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:52.980
 I need

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.220
 to tell

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.559
 myself

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.279
 that.

00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:54.519
 I need

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.079
 to hear

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.720
 myself

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.539
 hear

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:56.920
 the

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.200
 words

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.960
 underneath

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:59.240
 are

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.460
 the

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.279
 everlasting

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.519
 arms.

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:03.519
 fear

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:06.099
 not.

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.119
 I am

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.339
 with

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:07.480
 you.

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:07.700
 Be

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:07.940
 not

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.359
 dismayed.

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:08.539
 I

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:08.660
 am

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:08.799
 your

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:08.980
 God.

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.099
 I

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.220
 will

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:10.519
 help

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.660
 you.

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:10.980
 I

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.279
 will

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:12.279
 uphold

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.980
 you

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.859
 by

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.119
 my

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.740
 victorious

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.259
 right

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.559
 hand.

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:15.779
 I

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:15.980
 will

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.460
 uphold

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:16.920
 you.

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.480
 I

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:20.319
 trust

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:20.619
 in

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:20.839
 those

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.400
 promises

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.480
 and

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:22.680
 a

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.400
 peace

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:24.619
 begins

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:24.799
 to

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.299
 distill

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.539
 into

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:25.799
 my

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.279
 heart.

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.039
 And

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.299
 that

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:30.160
 sin

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.339
 that's

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:30.539
 about

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:30.720
 to

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.139
 conceive

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.359
 of

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:32.279
 anxiety

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.579
 is

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:33.980
 put

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.279
 to

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.599
 death

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.039
 by

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.500
 means

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.680
 of

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:35.859
 the

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.420
 spirit.

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.519
 About

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:40.740
 to

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.059
 leave.

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.539
 I

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.700
 should

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:45.859
 have

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.019
 tried

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.240
 this

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.420
 one.

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.579
 About

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:47.879
 to

00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:49.399
 leave

00:25:49.399 --> 00:25:49.819
 home

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.519
 and

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.659
 head

00:25:50.659 --> 00:25:50.920
 out

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:52.819
 for

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.279
 college.

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.099
 I

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.159
 think

00:25:54.159 --> 00:25:54.480
 uh-oh.

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.059
 Whoa.

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.200
 Leave

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.720
 my father's

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.059
 household.

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.579
 I

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:58.720
 am

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:58.940
 with

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.240
 you

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.879
 and

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:00.039
 we'll

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.240
 watch

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.460
 over

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:00.740
 you

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.680
 wherever

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:01.920
 you

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.140
 go.

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:02.759
 Genesis

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.299
 24

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.819
 15.

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.460
 You

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:06.539
 are

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:06.620
 the

00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:06.779
 God

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:06.859
 of

00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:07.019
 my

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.480
 fathers.

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.099
 He

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.240
 will

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.359
 be

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:08.579
 with

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:08.880
 me

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.339
 in

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.440
 the

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:09.599
 next

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.099
 generation.

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.420
 You

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:13.579
 slant

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.880
 with

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.720
 concrete

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.160
 promises.

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.779
 And

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.299
 even the

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.460
 little

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:18.799
 ridiculous

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.279
 things.

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:19.660
 I'm

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:19.960
 late.

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.200
 Oh

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.319
 my

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.660
 goodness.

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.500
 I'm

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.299
 oh

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.839
 there

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.140
 are

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.519
 I'm

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:23.640
 not

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:23.740
 going

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:23.779
 to

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:23.920
 make

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.000
 it

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.079
 to

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.220
 study

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.420
 school

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:24.579
 in

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:24.839
 time.

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.620
 There

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:25.799
 are

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.400
 roadblocks

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:26.579
 that are

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:26.720
 just

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:26.980
 going

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.220
 up.

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.440
 There's

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.559
 a

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.839
 race.

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.079
 I'm

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.279
 supposed

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.359
 to

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:28.619
 tell

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:28.720
 you

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:28.899
 what

00:26:28.899 --> 00:26:29.019
 am

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.079
 I

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.179
 going

00:26:29.179 --> 00:26:29.199
 to

00:26:29.199 --> 00:26:29.359
 do?

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:29.839
 Oh

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.779
 no.

00:26:30.959 --> 00:26:31.399
 I'm

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:32.720
 getting farther

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.359
 away.

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:33.799
 I'm getting

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.259
 farther away.

00:26:34.939 --> 00:26:35.139
 Whoa.

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:38.359
 The Lord

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:39.619
 reigns.

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.000
 Let the

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.220
 earth

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.019
 rejoice.

00:26:43.159 --> 00:26:43.899
 I can't

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.799
 control this

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.519
 but he

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:45.919
 is in

00:26:45.919 --> 00:26:46.379
 control.

00:26:47.399 --> 00:26:47.579
 He

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.699
 reigns.

00:26:49.439 --> 00:26:49.859
 I can

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.539
 rejoice.

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.559
 I can

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:51.919
 rejoice.

00:26:51.920 --> 00:27:21.279
 Weary in

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.400
 the

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.500
 are

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:22.600
 in

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:22.759
 your

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.200
 labors

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.420
 for

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.960
 others.

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.440
 Proverbs

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.000
 11

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.660
 25.

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.960
 Whoever

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.759
 waters

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.539
 others

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:32.340
 shall

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:32.759
 be

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.820
 themselves

00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:34.759
 watered

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:34.900
 of

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.360
 God.

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.160
 I

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.340
 can

00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:36.700
 trust

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:36.880
 you

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.120
 God.

00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:37.560
 If

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:37.720
 I

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.120
 water

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:38.660
 I'll

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:38.820
 just

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.039
 keep

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.420
 watering

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:39.700
 your

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.100
 garden.

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.220
 I

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.440
 can

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:41.779
 trust

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.060
 you.

00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:42.960
 You

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.220
 will

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.539
 water

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:43.920
 me.

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.740
 You'll

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:44.980
 water

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.380
 me.

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.080
 Are

00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:48.220
 you

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.420
 here?

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:48.539
 I'm

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:48.740
 saying

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:48.980
 do you

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.220
 come

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.380
 unto

00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:49.560
 me

00:27:49.560 --> 00:27:49.900
 all ye

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.100
 that

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.420
 weary

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:50.680
 and are

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:50.840
 heavy

00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:51.060
 laden?

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.460
 I

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.879
 will

00:27:51.879 --> 00:27:52.240
 give

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.460
 you

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:52.960
 rest.

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:53.720
 Okay,

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:53.960
 I'm

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.179
 coming

00:27:54.179 --> 00:27:54.460
 Lord.

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:54.759
 I'm

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:54.879
 going to

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.039
 keep

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.359
 pressing

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.599
 in,

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.179
 but I'm

00:27:56.179 --> 00:27:56.319
 going to

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:56.480
 keep

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.799
 coming.

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.559
 Is your

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.619
 lot one

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:00.759
 of

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.440
 tribulation,

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:02.119
 maybe leading

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.960
 to self-pity

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.799
 and discouragement?

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:04.619
 Well,

00:28:05.159 --> 00:28:05.799
 kill it with

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.359
 this word.

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.679
 I had a

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:08.079
 chance to

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:09.279
 share it

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.799
 this morning

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.700
 with someone

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.159
 who was just

00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:12.019
 starting to

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.359
 sink.

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:12.779
 Whoa,

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:12.919
 whoa,

00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.039
 whoa,

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.259
 whoa.

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:14.579
 Jesus

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.279
 says,

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:16.619
 in this

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.000
 world,

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.819
 you shall

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.420
 have much

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.240
 tribulation.

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.379
 Yep,

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.019
 you got that

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.339
 right.

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.180
 Your assessment

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.819
 is sound,

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:25.160
 but be

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.839
 of good

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.519
 cheer,

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.680
 for I

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:27.839
 have

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.400
 overcome

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:29.000
 the world.

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.920
 This won't

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.500
 be the last

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:30.920
 chapter.

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.019
 He's overcome

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.259
 the world,

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:33.039
 so we can

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.640
 be of good

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.000
 cheer.

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.019
 So again,

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.759
 you get

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.559
 the concrete

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.180
 promise,

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.859
 and you

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.359
 hang on

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:38.940
 to that,

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.839
 and you

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.420
 just ring

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:40.839
 out its

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.400
 sweetness,

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:43.400
 and that's

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.380
 how the

00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:45.259
 uprising of

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.900
 the flesh

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:47.040
 will be

00:28:47.040 --> 00:28:48.400
 put to

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:48.820
 death.

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.259
 Death.

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:51.800
 Afraid of

00:28:51.800 --> 00:28:52.060
 dying?

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.440
 Fear of

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:52.820
 death?

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.080
 Again,

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.980
 I've done

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.519
 this many

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.080
 times,

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.220
 not too

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.720
 many times,

00:28:58.780 --> 00:28:59.420
 but several

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.880
 times,

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.820
 right as a

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.280
 person's

00:29:01.280 --> 00:29:01.680
 dying.

00:29:02.340 --> 00:29:02.580
 It is

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:03.360
 fear,

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.740
 you know.

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.580
 Hey,

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.560
 remember,

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.600
 Jesus says,

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.720
 John 11,

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.380
 I am

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:12.220
 the resurrection

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.580
 and the

00:29:12.580 --> 00:29:13.140
 life.

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.820
 Whoever

00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.500
 believes in

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:15.720
 me,

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.380
 even though

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:17.080
 they die

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:17.640
 like everyone

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:17.920
 else,

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:18.780
 yet they

00:29:18.780 --> 00:29:19.500
 will live

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.020
 again.

00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:20.720
 Do you

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.760
 believe this?

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.900
 Then you're

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.520
 at rest.

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.400
 Spurgeon,

00:29:34.520 --> 00:29:35.020
 this morning,

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.600
 did anybody

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:36.640
 read morning

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.120
 by morning?

00:29:37.260 --> 00:29:37.640
 Spurgeon,

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.140
 this morning?

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.620
 Affliction.

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.160
 And the

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.860
 lovely verse

00:29:42.860 --> 00:29:43.300
 was,

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.620
 I have

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:46.320
 chosen you

00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:47.880
 in the

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.460
 furnace of

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:48.980
 affliction.

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:50.060
 Isaiah 48,

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:50.720
 10.

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.300
 As you

00:29:53.300 --> 00:29:54.660
 hear that,

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:55.680
 I have

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.380
 chosen you

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:57.580
 in the

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:58.060
 furnace of

00:29:58.060 --> 00:29:58.500
 affliction,

00:29:59.040 --> 00:29:59.640
 does that

00:29:59.640 --> 00:29:59.980
 not

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:01.280
 distill

00:30:01.280 --> 00:30:02.420
 like a

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:02.840
 soft,

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.580
 cold

00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:04.180
 shower

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.840
 on those

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:06.580
 flames of

00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:07.080
 affliction,

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.880
 assuaging

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.620
 the flurry.

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:09.800
 It's like

00:30:09.800 --> 00:30:10.880
 an asbestos

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:12.300
 armor against

00:30:12.300 --> 00:30:12.780
 the heat of

00:30:12.780 --> 00:30:13.200
 affliction.

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.740
 Yeah,

00:30:13.780 --> 00:30:14.300
 I might be

00:30:14.300 --> 00:30:15.020
 afflicted,

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:15.620
 sure,

00:30:16.760 --> 00:30:18.040
 but I

00:30:18.040 --> 00:30:18.900
 have chosen

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.640
 of God.

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:21.340
 He's chosen

00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:21.780
 me.

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.320
 He's chosen

00:30:23.320 --> 00:30:23.700
 me.

00:30:29.040 --> 00:30:29.640
 Death,

00:30:29.760 --> 00:30:30.020
 too.

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.520
 When you

00:30:30.520 --> 00:30:30.940
 pass through

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:31.380
 the waters,

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.780
 I always

00:30:31.780 --> 00:30:32.160
 think of

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:32.640
 Bunyan's

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.040
 Pilgrim's

00:30:33.040 --> 00:30:33.700
 Progress and

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.740
 crossing that

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.200
 river.

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:36.880
 when you

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.360
 pass through

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:37.860
 the waters,

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.519
 I will be

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.100
 with you.

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:41.440
 And through

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:41.980
 the rivers,

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.799
 they shall

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:44.019
 not overwhelm

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.279
 you.

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.620
 Isaiah 43,

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.120
 2.

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.740
 You hear

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.279
 that,

00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:50.740
 even in

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.299
 that last

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.680
 hour,

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.620
 and that

00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:53.080
 trembling

00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:54.740
 hand will

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.900
 be stilled,

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.420
 because you're

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.019
 feeling him

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.640
 holding it.

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:01.160
 Hard time

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.680
 giving up

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.279
 ill-gotten

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:03.000
 gain.

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:05.000
 This is

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:07.079
 oh,

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.460
 gee,

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:07.880
 you know,

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.660
 but if I

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.279
 come clean

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.519
 and I

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.900
 just tell

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.119
 him how

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.400
 much I

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:10.660
 really

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.160
 made,

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:14.640
 that I

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.900
 won't have

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.339
 this money

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:16.819
 anymore.

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.299
 I have

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.839
 so many

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.619
 to use

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.119
 this money

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:19.980
 and nobody's

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.180
 going to

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.720
 find out.

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.240
 I'm feeling

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.519
 that the

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.779
 Lord's

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.160
 convicting

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.359
 me,

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.839
 but what

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.359
 a loss

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.779
 this would

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.039
 be.

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.279
 Remember

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.720
 God's

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.099
 words to

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.519
 Amaziah.

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:29.819
 Remember

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.119
 King

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.720
 Amaziah.

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.519
 He's trying

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:31.720
 to get

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.180
 himself out

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.359
 of his

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:32.640
 problems,

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.259
 so he's

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.900
 hired all

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.480
 these Egyptian

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.460
 mercenaries.

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:36.460
 Remember?

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.220
 And then the

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.660
 prophet comes

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:37.819
 and says,

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.640
 don't trust

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:39.079
 the Egyptian

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.599
 mercenaries.

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.539
 But I've

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:40.779
 already,

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.759
 just tell him

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.440
 to go home.

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:42.740
 Tell him

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.160
 to go home.

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:43.819
 But he

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:43.920
 says,

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.220
 oh,

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.500
 but I've

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.740
 already

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.259
 paid him

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.519
 a thousand

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.259
 talents.

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.200
 I don't

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.599
 want that,

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:49.880
 I don't

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:50.259
 want to have

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.860
 loss of all

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.360
 that money.

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:52.680
 Remember

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:52.960
 what the

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.259
 prophet

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.000
 tells him

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.759
 in 2 Chronicles

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.140
 25,

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.059
 9?

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:58.220
 the Lord

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.940
 is able

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.460
 to give

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.099
 you so

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:00.819
 much more

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.519
 than that.

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.899
 So much

00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:04.319
 more than

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.700
 that.

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.799
 That

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.359
 verse

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:08.679
 has helped

00:32:08.679 --> 00:32:09.579
 me to

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.159
 put to

00:32:10.159 --> 00:32:10.579
 death

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.679
 the

00:32:11.679 --> 00:32:12.960
 inducement

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.419
 of flesh

00:32:13.419 --> 00:32:13.559
 to,

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:13.799
 well,

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.319
 no,

00:32:14.419 --> 00:32:14.500
 no,

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:15.379
 I just

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:15.619
 got to

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:15.980
 hang on

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.259
 to this.

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:16.419
 No,

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.579
 it's

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:16.980
 ill-gotten.

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.259
 No.

00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:20.019
 The Lord

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.720
 is able

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.220
 to give

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.940
 you so

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.419
 much

00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:22.899
 more.

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.139
 Don't worry

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:24.600
 about that

00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:25.040
 loss.

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.040
 Don't worry

00:32:26.040 --> 00:32:26.420
 about that

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:26.820
 loss.

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.300
 And

00:32:28.300 --> 00:32:29.240
 that's just,

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.000
 you know,

00:32:30.060 --> 00:32:30.920
 hearing that

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.820
 and trusting

00:32:31.820 --> 00:32:32.000
 it,

00:32:32.080 --> 00:32:32.400
 it's just

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:33.080
 chemo

00:32:33.080 --> 00:32:35.040
 on just

00:32:35.040 --> 00:32:35.780
 the cancer

00:32:35.780 --> 00:32:36.080
 of the

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:36.600
 flesh.

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.600
 Lust

00:32:40.600 --> 00:32:42.160
 enticing

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.960
 you away.

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:44.900
 Yeah.

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:47.120
 Matthew 5a

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:47.560
 says,

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.860
 the pure

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.820
 in heart

00:32:49.820 --> 00:32:51.140
 shall see

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.640
 God.

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:53.240
 I want

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.600
 to see

00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:54.120
 God.

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:55.740
 Do I

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:55.960
 want to

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.759
 cloud my

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.400
 eyes so

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.860
 I can't

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.420
 see God

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.840
 well?

00:32:59.800 --> 00:33:00.640
 I don't

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:01.400
 want that.

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.220
 No.

00:33:04.520 --> 00:33:05.140
 And then

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.480
 you turn

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.800
 away.

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:09.600
 Poll of

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.200
 pornography.

00:33:13.540 --> 00:33:14.060
 Rejoice.

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:15.480
 Proverbs 5,

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.400
 18,

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:17.080
 19.

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:19.040
 Rejoice in

00:33:19.040 --> 00:33:19.560
 the wife

00:33:19.560 --> 00:33:19.880
 of your

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.440
 youth.

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.240
 Let her

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.820
 breasts

00:33:22.820 --> 00:33:23.880
 satisfy

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.900
 you and

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.480
 fill you

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.140
 with delight

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.980
 at all

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.620
 times.

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:30.040
 I don't

00:33:30.040 --> 00:33:30.780
 want to

00:33:30.780 --> 00:33:31.420
 lose my

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:32.020
 capacity

00:33:32.020 --> 00:33:32.860
 to have

00:33:32.860 --> 00:33:33.760
 my wife

00:33:33.760 --> 00:33:34.720
 satisfy me

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.120
 sexually.

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:36.140
 So I'm

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.480
 not,

00:33:36.760 --> 00:33:38.860
 I'm not

00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:39.640
 going to

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:41.140
 create some

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.460
 sort of

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.900
 composite

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.980
 fantasy that's

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.400
 not going to

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:43.920
 allow me to

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:45.320
 be delightfully

00:33:45.320 --> 00:33:45.980
 satisfied

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.940
 in my

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.320
 wife.

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:54.419
 you walk

00:33:54.419 --> 00:33:54.779
 away.

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.259
 Don't

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.579
 think you

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.000
 can face

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.460
 tomorrow?

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.419
 Too many

00:33:59.419 --> 00:33:59.779
 troubles.

00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:00.179
 I just

00:34:00.179 --> 00:34:00.759
 can't make

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:00.879
 it.

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.259
 It's just

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.879
 overwhelming.

00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:04.079
 You and I

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.720
 often will

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.279
 wake up and

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.619
 we'll kind of

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.019
 grab each

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.259
 other's

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.599
 heads in

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:06.960
 the morning.

00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:08.420
 At night,

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.579
 usually the

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:09.960
 way we've

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.340
 gone to

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:11.539
 bed is,

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.199
 we'll just

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.460
 say,

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.420
 sufficient

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.039
 thereof is

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.579
 the evil

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.000
 of each

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.380
 day.

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:15.739
 There's

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:16.099
 been a

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.800
 lot today.

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.639
 Guess what?

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.380
 It's done,

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:18.880
 it's okay.

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.719
 We're just

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:19.960
 going to

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.360
 close our

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.760
 eyes and

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.179
 it's

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.559
 sufficient.

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.420
 And then

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:22.800
 we wake

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.079
 up in

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.519
 the morning,

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.280
 clasp

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.699
 our hands

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:24.980
 and say,

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.800
 okay,

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.500
 remember,

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.860
 Lamentations

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.199
 3,

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.699
 before we

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:30.239
 even think

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:30.500
 of our

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.880
 checklist,

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.420
 before we

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.739
 think of

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:31.960
 what we

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.179
 got to

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.320
 do,

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:32.679
 what we're

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.000
 facing

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.460
 today,

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.900
 the

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:36.019
 steadfast

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.659
 love of

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.139
 the Lord

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.699
 never

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:38.340
 ceases.

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.300
 His

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:39.860
 mercies

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:41.059
 never come

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.539
 to an

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:41.920
 end.

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:43.320
 They are

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:44.440
 new.

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:44.559
 new.

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.440
 Every

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.360
 morning.

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.440
 Every

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:47.780
 morning.

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.179
 Okay,

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.840
 we got a

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.440
 new morning.

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.340
 Who knows

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.599
 what we're

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:51.800
 going to

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:52.099
 face.

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:52.740
 But one

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:53.240
 thing we

00:34:53.240 --> 00:34:53.619
 know,

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:54.840
 we've got

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.960
 new mercies

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.420
 to meet

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.780
 us for

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.200
 these new

00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:57.619
 challenges.

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.139
 And you

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.740
 believe that

00:34:59.740 --> 00:35:00.039
 promise,

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.639
 you've heard

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:00.800
 it,

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:01.320
 we say it

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.659
 to each

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:01.900
 other,

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.400
 we hear

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:02.619
 it,

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.900
 and then

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.139
 you're

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:04.480
 ready to

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.700
 go.

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:05.179
 You leap

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.519
 out of

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.880
 bed and

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.440
 you lean

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.119
 in looking

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.679
 for those

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.059
 new

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.760
 mercies.

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:13.500
 So this

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.920
 is what

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.700
 it means

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:16.080
 to put

00:35:16.080 --> 00:35:16.820
 to death

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.340
 the deeds

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.560
 of the

00:35:17.560 --> 00:35:18.820
 body by

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:19.640
 the spirit,

00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:20.040
 the deeds

00:35:20.040 --> 00:35:20.260
 of the

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:21.600
 flesh by

00:35:21.600 --> 00:35:22.720
 the spirit.

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.200
 What's

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:26.780
 going on

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:28.260
 when we

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:29.460
 meet our

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:30.780
 flesh's

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.860
 blandishments

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:33.000
 with scriptural

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.540
 truth?

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:33.599
 death?

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.460
 What's

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.079
 happening

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.500
 there?

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.159
 Well,

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:36.860
 we're

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.639
 engaging

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:39.599
 in a

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.440
 battle of

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.559
 stories.

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:42.659
 A battle

00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:43.559
 of stories.

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.880
 You see,

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.380
 because the

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:47.019
 flesh,

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:48.400
 the flesh,

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.739
 when it

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.039
 kind of

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.759
 rears its

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:50.000
 head,

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:50.519
 it's

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.199
 telling us

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:51.880
 a story.

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:52.659
 It's

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.199
 trying to

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:54.039
 bring us

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.719
 into

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:55.320
 its

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:56.739
 story.

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.179
 And the

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.599
 story that

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:58.980
 it's trying

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.300
 to tell

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.679
 us is,

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.380
 sin will

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:02.179
 satisfy

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:02.739
 you.

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:05.019
 this

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:06.179
 really is

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:06.940
 your heart's

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.539
 desire.

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:10.019
 And it's

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.800
 just an

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.500
 isolated

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.460
 indulgence.

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:14.199
 It's

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.900
 contained.

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.559
 It won't

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.500
 spill over

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:18.239
 into anything

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:19.900
 else and

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.500
 mess up

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.239
 your life,

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:21.880
 create any

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.320
 ripples.

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.539
 It won't

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:23.920
 lead to

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.279
 anything

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:25.039
 seriously

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.699
 harmful.

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:27.119
 Oh,

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.599
 and it's

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:28.699
 so worth

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:29.119
 it.

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:31.480
 We're

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:32.279
 being given

00:36:32.279 --> 00:36:33.440
 a story

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:34.079
 and

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.760
 urged to

00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:35.159
 come and

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.980
 live within

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.860
 the story

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.559
 that our

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.480
 flesh

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:40.019
 is telling

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.400
 us.

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:42.260
 And stories

00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:42.860
 have to be

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:44.420
 met with

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:45.099
 stories.

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.720
 And the

00:36:46.720 --> 00:36:47.200
 scriptures

00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:48.480
 give us

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:49.360
 a very

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.880
 different

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.559
 story.

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.920
 That any

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:54.300
 life worth

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:54.880
 the name

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.639
 of life

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:57.480
 is to be

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:58.440
 had in

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:59.119
 Christ

00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:00.279
 Christ and

00:37:00.279 --> 00:37:00.699
 Christ

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:01.199
 alone.

00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:03.319
 That God

00:37:03.319 --> 00:37:04.019
 is actually

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.839
 the fountain

00:37:04.839 --> 00:37:06.579
 of living

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:07.440
 water.

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.119
 And these

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.739
 other things,

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.299
 they're

00:37:10.299 --> 00:37:11.420
 cisterns.

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:12.619
 And they're

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.099
 broken

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:14.039
 cisterns

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:15.519
 that can't

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.400
 even hold

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:17.079
 water.

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:20.619
 Sin is a

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.059
 murderer.

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.119
 whisper.

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:22.739
 And it

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:23.239
 whispers

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:24.139
 softly,

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.559
 only that

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:25.980
 it can

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.820
 draw us

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.759
 near enough

00:37:27.759 --> 00:37:28.980
 to stab

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:30.199
 us fatally.

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.219
 Its

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:32.880
 pleasures

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.920
 are poisoned.

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:38.780
 When is it

00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:39.340
 ever delivered

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:39.700
 on its

00:37:39.700 --> 00:37:40.139
 promises?

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:40.820
 Oh,

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.539
 it promises

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:42.119
 big.

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.340
 When is it

00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:43.940
 ever

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.680
 delivered

00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:45.700
 on those

00:37:45.700 --> 00:37:46.180
 promises?

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.639
 Sin is a

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.200
 liar

00:37:50.200 --> 00:37:51.119
 from the

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.599
 beginning.

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:54.320
 It courts

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:55.220
 me in order

00:37:55.220 --> 00:37:56.300
 to enslave

00:37:56.300 --> 00:37:56.880
 me.

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.200
 Its

00:37:59.200 --> 00:38:00.220
 steps go

00:38:00.220 --> 00:38:01.059
 down to

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.659
 death.

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.280
 No,

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.720
 I don't

00:38:05.720 --> 00:38:06.000
 want to

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.300
 live in

00:38:06.300 --> 00:38:07.200
 that story.

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.920
 Not the

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.200
 one it

00:38:09.200 --> 00:38:09.559
 offers.

00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:11.220
 I see

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:12.260
 the face

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:13.519
 behind

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:14.680
 the

00:38:14.680 --> 00:38:15.500
 incitement.

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.579
 And it's

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.079
 the face

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.400
 of the

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:18.079
 enemy of

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:18.840
 my soul.

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.180
 Get

00:38:20.180 --> 00:38:20.840
 ye behind

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.119
 me,

00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:21.579
 Satan.

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.539
 See,

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.539
 that's the

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:25.519
 story that

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.000
 the Bible

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:27.119
 is telling

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.440
 us.

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:29.659
 And when

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:30.320
 we meet

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:31.019
 sin with

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.579
 scripture,

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.680
 we're meeting

00:38:32.680 --> 00:38:33.500
 story

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:34.500
 with

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:35.280
 story.

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:36.920
 And if

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.880
 we encounter

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:39.440
 sin solicitations

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:40.840
 and the

00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:42.079
 alluring story

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.679
 that it does

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:43.559
 tell us,

00:38:44.239 --> 00:38:45.059
 without our

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:46.199
 own story

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:47.460
 that we're

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:48.260
 living in,

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:50.099
 we'll likely

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:50.699
 succumb.

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:52.159
 It's kind of

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:52.519
 like an

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:54.260
 actor that's

00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:55.059
 torn from

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.940
 her drama

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:57.300
 and she has

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.099
 no storyline

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:59.159
 to guide her

00:38:59.159 --> 00:38:59.699
 or govern

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:00.000
 her.

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.679
 Then she's

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:01.539
 just adrift.

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:03.019
 and she'll

00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:03.360
 just get

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:03.960
 sucked into

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.340
 a different

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:04.940
 story.

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:09.179
 Well,

00:39:09.279 --> 00:39:09.659
 when we

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:10.880
 understand

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.940
 this dynamic,

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:13.500
 an implication

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.480
 becomes pretty

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:15.159
 forcefully

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:15.579
 clear,

00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:15.960
 does it

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.300
 not?

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:19.199
 Are we

00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:20.440
 living within

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:21.739
 the biblical

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:22.519
 story?

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:24.980
 Do we

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.759
 know the

00:39:25.759 --> 00:39:26.400
 drama

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:27.779
 in which

00:39:27.779 --> 00:39:28.500
 we are to

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.259
 perform our

00:39:29.259 --> 00:39:29.719
 part?

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:31.139
 do we

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:31.659
 find that

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:32.019
 drama

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.619
 compelling?

00:39:34.839 --> 00:39:35.679
 Is our

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:36.319
 consciousness

00:39:36.319 --> 00:39:37.359
 steeped in

00:39:37.359 --> 00:39:38.019
 that drama,

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.559
 in that

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:39.059
 story?

00:39:39.279 --> 00:39:39.480
 Are we

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:39.980
 steeped in

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.480
 the story?

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:43.419
 And to

00:39:43.419 --> 00:39:44.579
 respond to

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:45.179
 sin's

00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:45.719
 suggestions

00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:46.059
 with

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:46.519
 scripture

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:47.480
 isn't

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:48.239
 simply

00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:49.759
 to quote

00:39:49.759 --> 00:39:50.079
 some

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:51.039
 isolated

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:52.459
 atomistic

00:39:52.459 --> 00:39:53.399
 Bible

00:39:53.399 --> 00:39:54.000
 verse,

00:39:54.819 --> 00:39:55.779
 like we're

00:39:55.779 --> 00:39:56.519
 reading from

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:57.059
 a fortune

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:57.539
 cookie.

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:59.840
 it is

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:01.579
 to apply

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.800
 rather a

00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:03.259
 piece of

00:40:03.259 --> 00:40:03.860
 the rich

00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:04.739
 fabric

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:06.279
 of that

00:40:06.279 --> 00:40:06.940
 story.

00:40:08.779 --> 00:40:09.619
 And with

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.079
 really the

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.659
 entire

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:12.039
 weave of

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.920
 that story

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:14.539
 behind it.

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:18.139
 To speak

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:19.320
 scripture in

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:19.940
 this way is

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.539
 multum and

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:21.019
 parvo.

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.559
 It's just

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:23.900
 much and

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.360
 very little

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:24.779
 compass.

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:24.940
 promise.

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:25.800
 So the

00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:26.360
 scripture that

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:26.980
 we hear,

00:40:27.060 --> 00:40:27.540
 the promise

00:40:27.540 --> 00:40:27.780
 that we

00:40:27.780 --> 00:40:28.040
 hear,

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:28.720
 is just

00:40:28.720 --> 00:40:29.320
 bringing a

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:29.840
 whole world

00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:30.260
 view,

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:30.800
 isn't it?

00:40:30.840 --> 00:40:31.200
 The whole

00:40:31.200 --> 00:40:31.700
 story.

00:40:32.060 --> 00:40:32.340
 But we

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:33.140
 want to have

00:40:33.140 --> 00:40:33.740
 the portal,

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.280
 the gateway,

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:34.940
 be some

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:35.519
 concrete

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:36.460
 scripture.

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:36.539
 scripture.

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.300
 Okay?

00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:39.360
 So I

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:39.900
 ask,

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:41.179
 are we

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:41.980
 living within

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:42.619
 the biblical

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.320
 story?

00:40:44.720 --> 00:40:45.619
 Are we,

00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:46.400
 as we

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:47.740
 seek to

00:40:47.740 --> 00:40:48.199
 grow in it,

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:49.119
 finding it

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.720
 more and

00:40:49.720 --> 00:40:50.639
 more compelling,

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:51.659
 more and

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:52.519
 more complete?

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.639
 It accounts

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:54.619
 for everything.

00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:56.240
 More and

00:40:56.240 --> 00:40:57.159
 more real.

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:58.880
 More and

00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.720
 more beautiful.

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:01.900
 Are we

00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:02.300
 more and

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:03.480
 more confident

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:04.780
 from tried

00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:05.820
 experience,

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:06.760
 that it

00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:07.680
 always keeps

00:41:07.680 --> 00:41:08.400
 its promises?

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:10.019
 It really

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:11.320
 is true.

00:41:13.100 --> 00:41:13.620
 Sweeter

00:41:13.620 --> 00:41:14.260
 than honey.

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:16.880
 For it

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.300
 is the

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:18.039
 expression

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:19.640
 of the

00:41:19.640 --> 00:41:20.080
 one who

00:41:20.080 --> 00:41:20.840
 is altogether

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:21.440
 beautiful,

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.720
 and who

00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:23.500
 alone has

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:24.039
 the words

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:25.240
 of eternal

00:41:25.240 --> 00:41:25.780
 life.

00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:32.720
 And

00:41:32.720 --> 00:41:33.140
 another

00:41:33.140 --> 00:41:34.780
 cheering

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:35.519
 reality,

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:36.660
 this

00:41:36.660 --> 00:41:38.120
 scripture,

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:39.019
 or sword

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.440
 of the

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:39.860
 spirit

00:41:39.860 --> 00:41:40.360
 method

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:40.559
 of

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:40.960
 slaying

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.360
 sin,

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:44.240
 is to

00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:44.800
 do so,

00:41:45.100 --> 00:41:45.680
 we said,

00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:46.320
 by means

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:46.620
 of the

00:41:46.620 --> 00:41:47.500
 spirit,

00:41:48.700 --> 00:41:49.519
 and he,

00:41:49.660 --> 00:41:50.480
 the spirit,

00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:51.100
 is

00:41:51.100 --> 00:41:51.940
 undertaking

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:53.100
 with us.

00:41:53.640 --> 00:41:54.180
 So we're

00:41:54.180 --> 00:41:55.039
 not alone

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:55.980
 in this

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.380
 endeavor.

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.420
 For part

00:41:57.420 --> 00:41:57.720
 of the

00:41:57.720 --> 00:41:58.240
 spirit's

00:41:58.240 --> 00:41:59.539
 work is

00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:00.680
 to bring

00:42:00.680 --> 00:42:01.940
 the words

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.539
 of scripture

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:03.480
 to our

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:04.200
 minds.

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:05.039
 God's

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:05.319
 is also

00:42:05.319 --> 00:42:06.059
 doing that.

00:42:06.659 --> 00:42:07.019
 Because I

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:07.159
 don't know

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:07.500
 about you,

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:07.739
 but I

00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:07.899
 think,

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:08.500
 uh-oh,

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:10.059
 I might

00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:10.679
 not remember

00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:11.039
 scripture.

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:11.919
 I don't

00:42:11.919 --> 00:42:12.179
 have a

00:42:12.179 --> 00:42:12.539
 very good

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:13.079
 memory.

00:42:13.319 --> 00:42:13.460
 I don't

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:13.639
 know.

00:42:13.839 --> 00:42:14.019
 No,

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:14.099
 no,

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:14.239
 no,

00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:14.299
 no,

00:42:14.299 --> 00:42:14.399
 no,

00:42:14.399 --> 00:42:14.639
 but you're

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:15.039
 not alone

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:15.319
 here.

00:42:15.719 --> 00:42:16.319
 The spirit

00:42:16.319 --> 00:42:16.559
 is going

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:16.899
 to help

00:42:16.899 --> 00:42:17.819
 do just

00:42:17.819 --> 00:42:18.199
 what is

00:42:18.199 --> 00:42:19.019
 needed and

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:19.659
 bring the

00:42:19.659 --> 00:42:20.239
 scriptures to

00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:20.419
 mind.

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:21.019
 you remember

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:21.940
 John 14,

00:42:22.200 --> 00:42:22.940
 26,

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:24.139
 Jesus is

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:24.500
 telling his

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:25.079
 disciples and

00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:25.800
 reassuring them,

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:26.539
 the Holy

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:27.480
 Spirit will

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:28.119
 bring to

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:28.360
 your

00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:29.139
 remembrance

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:30.639
 all that

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.000
 I have

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.380
 said to

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:31.559
 you.

00:42:32.200 --> 00:42:32.680
 And I

00:42:32.680 --> 00:42:32.980
 know that

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:33.380
 that's a

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:34.300
 reference to

00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:35.300
 the apostles,

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:35.820
 but it has

00:42:35.820 --> 00:42:36.079
 broader

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:36.840
 application to

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:37.400
 all of us

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:37.900
 disciples.

00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:38.740
 This is

00:42:38.740 --> 00:42:39.159
 something that

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:39.700
 the spirit

00:42:39.700 --> 00:42:40.200
 will do.

00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:42.159
 John Owen

00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:43.119
 writes,

00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:46.619
 Christ has

00:42:46.619 --> 00:42:47.779
 said many

00:42:47.779 --> 00:42:48.460
 things,

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:49.699
 things gracious

00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:50.500
 and heavenly

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:50.980
 to his

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:51.559
 disciples.

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:53.000
 He had

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:53.380
 given them

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:54.000
 many rich

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:54.500
 and precious

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.319
 promises to

00:42:55.319 --> 00:42:55.839
 uphold their

00:42:55.839 --> 00:42:56.199
 hearts,

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:57.420
 but knowing

00:42:57.420 --> 00:42:58.679
 full well

00:42:58.679 --> 00:43:00.119
 how ready

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:00.799
 they were to

00:43:00.799 --> 00:43:01.940
 forget and

00:43:01.940 --> 00:43:03.199
 to let slip

00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:04.099
 the things

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:04.400
 that were

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:04.920
 spoken,

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:06.199
 and how

00:43:06.199 --> 00:43:07.179
 coldly his

00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:07.980
 promises would

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:08.480
 come into

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:09.400
 their assistance

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:10.420
 when retained

00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:11.119
 only in their

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:12.679
 natural faculties,

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:13.940
 and made

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.619
 use of by

00:43:14.619 --> 00:43:15.199
 their own

00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:15.779
 strength.

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:16.900
 To obviate

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:17.619
 these evils,

00:43:17.699 --> 00:43:18.279
 to put away

00:43:18.279 --> 00:43:19.400
 these evils,

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:21.359
 Jesus tells

00:43:21.359 --> 00:43:21.980
 them that

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:22.679
 this work

00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:23.480
 he committed

00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:24.179
 to the charge

00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:24.900
 of another

00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:26.019
 who will

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:26.539
 come,

00:43:27.199 --> 00:43:27.500
 who will

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:28.139
 do it

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:28.679
 to the

00:43:28.679 --> 00:43:30.139
 great purpose,

00:43:30.339 --> 00:43:31.059
 the comforter

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:32.259
 who is in

00:43:32.259 --> 00:43:32.500
 you.

00:43:32.900 --> 00:43:33.539
 He shall

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:34.059
 bring to

00:43:34.059 --> 00:43:34.559
 remembrance

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:35.359
 and apply

00:43:35.359 --> 00:43:35.719
 to your

00:43:35.719 --> 00:43:36.639
 souls the

00:43:36.639 --> 00:43:37.279
 things that

00:43:37.279 --> 00:43:37.839
 I have

00:43:37.839 --> 00:43:38.319
 spoken,

00:43:38.679 --> 00:43:39.319
 the promises

00:43:39.319 --> 00:43:39.980
 that I

00:43:39.980 --> 00:43:40.639
 have made,

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:41.579
 which will

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:43.099
 be unto

00:43:43.099 --> 00:43:43.759
 you as

00:43:43.759 --> 00:43:44.679
 life from

00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:45.299
 the dead.

00:43:45.759 --> 00:43:46.319
 See that?

00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:47.079
 So that's

00:43:47.079 --> 00:43:47.400
 going to be

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:48.099
 the Spirit's

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:48.480
 work to

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:48.900
 help out

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:49.099
 here.

00:43:49.819 --> 00:43:50.259
 The Spirit

00:43:50.259 --> 00:43:51.480
 brings these

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:52.179
 promises of

00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:52.599
 the Word to

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:53.299
 our minds.

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:54.299
 And then

00:43:54.299 --> 00:43:54.980
 not only

00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:55.500
 that,

00:43:56.119 --> 00:43:57.000
 but also

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:57.519
 the Spirit

00:43:57.519 --> 00:43:58.440
 works upon

00:43:58.440 --> 00:43:59.619
 our affections

00:43:59.619 --> 00:44:00.559
 so we will

00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:01.779
 savor these

00:44:01.779 --> 00:44:02.339
 promises,

00:44:02.900 --> 00:44:03.460
 that they

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:04.159
 will appear

00:44:04.159 --> 00:44:04.739
 to us

00:44:04.739 --> 00:44:05.380
 sweet,

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:06.839
 surpassingly

00:44:06.839 --> 00:44:07.360
 sweet,

00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:08.299
 and we will

00:44:08.299 --> 00:44:08.539
 say,

00:44:08.759 --> 00:44:09.239
 yes,

00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:10.819
 this is

00:44:10.819 --> 00:44:11.619
 what I

00:44:11.619 --> 00:44:12.279
 need.

00:44:12.739 --> 00:44:13.339
 This is

00:44:13.339 --> 00:44:14.079
 worth trusting

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:14.379
 in.

00:44:15.079 --> 00:44:15.659
 The Spirit

00:44:15.659 --> 00:44:17.199
 causes us

00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:17.599
 to lay

00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:18.579
 great stock

00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:18.919
 in these

00:44:18.919 --> 00:44:19.319
 promises,

00:44:19.479 --> 00:44:20.059
 to treasure

00:44:20.059 --> 00:44:20.259
 them,

00:44:20.339 --> 00:44:20.959
 delight in

00:44:20.959 --> 00:44:21.139
 them,

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:21.819
 and to

00:44:21.819 --> 00:44:22.279
 experience

00:44:22.279 --> 00:44:22.699
 them as

00:44:22.699 --> 00:44:23.259
 food for

00:44:23.259 --> 00:44:23.859
 our souls.

00:44:24.859 --> 00:44:25.699
 We may

00:44:25.699 --> 00:44:26.399
 have read

00:44:26.399 --> 00:44:26.959
 the promises

00:44:26.959 --> 00:44:27.479
 a hundred

00:44:27.479 --> 00:44:28.619
 times before,

00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:30.219
 but when the

00:44:30.219 --> 00:44:31.279
 Spirit comes

00:44:31.279 --> 00:44:32.239
 and enlivens

00:44:32.239 --> 00:44:32.739
 them,

00:44:32.859 --> 00:44:33.259
 to quote

00:44:33.259 --> 00:44:33.739
 John Owen

00:44:33.739 --> 00:44:34.099
 again,

00:44:34.099 --> 00:44:35.960
 we may

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.539
 have found

00:44:36.539 --> 00:44:37.299
 no more

00:44:37.299 --> 00:44:38.400
 savor in

00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:39.079
 them before

00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:39.539
 than the

00:44:39.539 --> 00:44:40.000
 white of

00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:40.579
 an egg,

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:42.539
 but when

00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:43.239
 those same

00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:44.440
 promises are

00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:45.059
 brought to

00:44:45.059 --> 00:44:45.659
 remembrance

00:44:45.659 --> 00:44:46.579
 by the

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:47.000
 Spirit,

00:44:47.139 --> 00:44:47.900
 the Comforter,

00:44:48.219 --> 00:44:49.159
 who is

00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:50.860
 with us,

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:53.460
 then how

00:44:53.460 --> 00:44:54.539
 sweet they

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:55.139
 become and

00:44:55.139 --> 00:44:56.019
 how full of

00:44:56.019 --> 00:44:56.799
 life and

00:44:56.799 --> 00:44:58.179
 power they

00:44:58.179 --> 00:44:58.579
 are.

00:44:59.179 --> 00:45:00.099
 How often,

00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:01.400
 continues Owen,

00:45:02.099 --> 00:45:02.779
 when the

00:45:02.779 --> 00:45:03.819
 spirits of

00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:04.460
 the saints

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:05.360
 are ready

00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:06.000
 to faint

00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:06.700
 within them,

00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:08.220
 when straits

00:45:08.220 --> 00:45:09.100
 and perplexities

00:45:09.100 --> 00:45:09.519
 are round

00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:10.180
 about them,

00:45:10.620 --> 00:45:11.039
 that they

00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:11.660
 know not

00:45:11.660 --> 00:45:12.080
 what to

00:45:12.080 --> 00:45:12.440
 do,

00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:13.340
 or whither

00:45:13.340 --> 00:45:14.000
 to apply

00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:14.740
 themselves for

00:45:14.740 --> 00:45:15.260
 help or

00:45:15.260 --> 00:45:15.960
 supportment,

00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:17.360
 doth the

00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:18.420
 Spirit that

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:19.200
 dwelleth in

00:45:19.200 --> 00:45:19.960
 them bring

00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:20.620
 to mind

00:45:20.620 --> 00:45:21.000
 some

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:22.320
 seasonable,

00:45:23.100 --> 00:45:23.680
 suitable

00:45:23.680 --> 00:45:24.539
 promise of

00:45:24.539 --> 00:45:25.500
 Christ that

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:26.320
 bears them

00:45:26.320 --> 00:45:26.920
 up quite

00:45:26.920 --> 00:45:27.420
 above their

00:45:27.420 --> 00:45:28.160
 difficulty and

00:45:28.160 --> 00:45:28.700
 distractions,

00:45:29.180 --> 00:45:29.940
 opening such

00:45:29.940 --> 00:45:30.840
 a new spring

00:45:30.840 --> 00:45:31.840
 of life and

00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:32.680
 consolation to

00:45:32.680 --> 00:45:33.260
 their souls.

00:45:33.820 --> 00:45:35.519
 as that

00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:36.460
 they who

00:45:36.460 --> 00:45:37.100
 but now

00:45:37.100 --> 00:45:38.840
 stooped,

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.100
 yea,

00:45:39.160 --> 00:45:39.680
 were almost

00:45:39.680 --> 00:45:40.900
 bowed down

00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:41.220
 to the

00:45:41.220 --> 00:45:41.620
 ground,

00:45:41.980 --> 00:45:42.620
 do stand

00:45:42.620 --> 00:45:44.280
 upright and

00:45:44.280 --> 00:45:45.059
 feel no

00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:45.600
 weight or

00:45:45.600 --> 00:45:46.600
 burden at

00:45:46.600 --> 00:45:46.900
 all.

00:45:48.500 --> 00:45:49.580
 So the

00:45:49.580 --> 00:45:50.440
 Spirit takes

00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:51.100
 the promises

00:45:51.100 --> 00:45:52.100
 and makes

00:45:52.100 --> 00:45:52.840
 them become

00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:53.440
 with their

00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:54.080
 promise or

00:45:54.080 --> 00:45:55.780
 glorious in

00:45:55.780 --> 00:45:56.420
 our eyes.

00:45:57.380 --> 00:45:57.940
 And by

00:45:57.940 --> 00:45:59.519
 its glory or

00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:00.820
 weightiness in

00:46:00.820 --> 00:46:01.360
 our souls,

00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:02.600
 that's what

00:46:02.600 --> 00:46:03.600
 prevails to

00:46:03.600 --> 00:46:05.539
 slay our

00:46:05.539 --> 00:46:06.220
 sins, to

00:46:06.220 --> 00:46:06.700
 slay our

00:46:06.700 --> 00:46:07.120
 flesh.

00:46:08.420 --> 00:46:09.400
 So this

00:46:09.400 --> 00:46:10.580
 then is

00:46:10.580 --> 00:46:11.120
 how we

00:46:11.120 --> 00:46:12.180
 by the

00:46:12.180 --> 00:46:13.700
 Spirit put

00:46:13.700 --> 00:46:14.320
 to death

00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:15.260
 the flesh.

00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:16.400
 We set our

00:46:16.400 --> 00:46:17.600
 minds on

00:46:17.600 --> 00:46:18.320
 the things of

00:46:18.320 --> 00:46:19.260
 the Spirit,

00:46:20.019 --> 00:46:20.680
 which is

00:46:20.680 --> 00:46:21.539
 principally the

00:46:21.539 --> 00:46:22.360
 Word of God

00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:23.200
 and the

00:46:23.200 --> 00:46:24.100
 promises that

00:46:24.100 --> 00:46:24.840
 Christ makes

00:46:24.840 --> 00:46:25.580
 to us.

00:46:25.579 --> 00:46:28.400
 and behind

00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:29.219
 that promise

00:46:29.219 --> 00:46:30.199
 the person

00:46:30.199 --> 00:46:32.079
 of Christ.

00:46:33.460 --> 00:46:34.900
 This is to

00:46:34.900 --> 00:46:35.719
 slay the

00:46:35.719 --> 00:46:36.840
 flesh by the

00:46:36.840 --> 00:46:37.360
 sword of the

00:46:37.360 --> 00:46:37.639
 Spirit.

00:46:39.259 --> 00:46:40.279
 And this

00:46:40.279 --> 00:46:41.539
 Christ-appointed

00:46:41.539 --> 00:46:42.279
 means,

00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:43.480
 which the

00:46:43.480 --> 00:46:44.739
 Spirit energizes,

00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:46.719
 that's what

00:46:46.719 --> 00:46:47.420
 renders

00:46:47.420 --> 00:46:48.920
 effectual

00:46:48.920 --> 00:46:50.460
 this attempt

00:46:50.460 --> 00:46:51.139
 to slay our

00:46:51.139 --> 00:46:51.460
 sins.

00:46:52.219 --> 00:46:53.079
 And as

00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:54.139
 this is so,

00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:54.920
 okay,

00:46:55.579 --> 00:46:56.420
 we see how

00:46:56.420 --> 00:46:58.099
 critical the

00:46:58.099 --> 00:46:59.000
 role of the

00:46:59.000 --> 00:47:00.819
 Word is in

00:47:00.819 --> 00:47:01.579
 this work of

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:02.159
 the Spirit.

00:47:03.639 --> 00:47:04.779
 Okay, yes,

00:47:04.860 --> 00:47:05.400
 the Spirit

00:47:05.400 --> 00:47:06.380
 brings the

00:47:06.380 --> 00:47:07.099
 promises to

00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:07.880
 mind, but

00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:08.340
 think about

00:47:08.340 --> 00:47:08.579
 it.

00:47:09.340 --> 00:47:10.539
 We have to

00:47:10.539 --> 00:47:12.139
 have them

00:47:12.139 --> 00:47:13.259
 in our

00:47:13.259 --> 00:47:14.279
 minds for

00:47:14.279 --> 00:47:14.819
 the Spirit

00:47:14.819 --> 00:47:16.119
 to work

00:47:16.119 --> 00:47:16.679
 upon them.

00:47:17.759 --> 00:47:18.940
 We have to

00:47:18.940 --> 00:47:19.519
 hide them in

00:47:19.519 --> 00:47:20.000
 our hearts

00:47:20.000 --> 00:47:21.039
 that He

00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:21.579
 might be able

00:47:21.579 --> 00:47:22.099
 to bring

00:47:22.099 --> 00:47:22.619
 them out of

00:47:22.619 --> 00:47:23.319
 our store

00:47:23.319 --> 00:47:25.420
 and placard

00:47:25.420 --> 00:47:26.500
 them before

00:47:26.500 --> 00:47:27.800
 our eyes.

00:47:28.720 --> 00:47:29.720
 We can't

00:47:29.720 --> 00:47:31.800
 just restrict

00:47:31.800 --> 00:47:32.880
 the Spirit's

00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:33.700
 bringing Scripture

00:47:33.700 --> 00:47:34.780
 to us by

00:47:34.780 --> 00:47:37.200
 highway billboards

00:47:37.200 --> 00:47:37.860
 that we happen

00:47:37.860 --> 00:47:38.599
 to pass when

00:47:38.599 --> 00:47:39.099
 we're driving

00:47:39.099 --> 00:47:39.800
 through Amish

00:47:39.800 --> 00:47:40.400
 country in

00:47:40.400 --> 00:47:41.300
 Pennsylvania and

00:47:41.300 --> 00:47:42.099
 somebody wrote a

00:47:42.099 --> 00:47:43.159
 promise on a

00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:44.180
 billboard or

00:47:44.180 --> 00:47:44.800
 maybe some sort

00:47:44.800 --> 00:47:45.420
 of sky

00:47:45.420 --> 00:47:46.559
 writer over

00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:47.539
 Daytona Beach.

00:47:47.539 --> 00:47:50.380
 sure, the

00:47:50.380 --> 00:47:50.880
 Spirit can

00:47:50.880 --> 00:47:51.420
 use that, but

00:47:51.420 --> 00:47:51.920
 let's not

00:47:51.920 --> 00:47:52.739
 restrict the

00:47:52.739 --> 00:47:54.300
 Spirit bringing

00:47:54.300 --> 00:47:54.940
 Word to us

00:47:54.940 --> 00:47:55.960
 that way.

00:47:58.000 --> 00:47:59.019
 We need to

00:47:59.019 --> 00:48:00.279
 sow a rich

00:48:00.279 --> 00:48:01.039
 store of

00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:01.460
 Word in our

00:48:01.460 --> 00:48:02.360
 hearts, and

00:48:02.360 --> 00:48:03.279
 this is critical

00:48:03.279 --> 00:48:03.960
 for the war on

00:48:03.960 --> 00:48:04.500
 the flesh.

00:48:05.340 --> 00:48:06.079
 As David

00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:06.420
 writes,

00:48:06.739 --> 00:48:07.619
 Thy Word have

00:48:07.619 --> 00:48:08.719
 I hidden in

00:48:08.719 --> 00:48:09.559
 my heart,

00:48:09.980 --> 00:48:11.000
 that I might

00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:11.619
 not sin

00:48:11.619 --> 00:48:12.400
 against you.

00:48:13.000 --> 00:48:13.460
 Okay, Psalm

00:48:13.460 --> 00:48:14.259
 119, verse

00:48:14.259 --> 00:48:14.599
 11.

00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:19.400
 So, since we

00:48:19.400 --> 00:48:19.839
 wanted to be

00:48:19.839 --> 00:48:21.019
 concrete, let

00:48:21.019 --> 00:48:21.699
 me ask you

00:48:21.699 --> 00:48:22.739
 concretely,

00:48:23.299 --> 00:48:25.299
 what measure

00:48:25.299 --> 00:48:26.420
 might you

00:48:26.420 --> 00:48:27.539
 undertake that

00:48:27.539 --> 00:48:28.239
 the Word of

00:48:28.239 --> 00:48:29.500
 Christ comes to

00:48:29.500 --> 00:48:30.360
 dwell in you

00:48:30.360 --> 00:48:31.199
 richly?

00:48:31.460 --> 00:48:32.199
 Colossians 3,

00:48:32.279 --> 00:48:32.759
 16.

00:48:33.599 --> 00:48:34.880
 How will you

00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:36.259
 begin to

00:48:36.259 --> 00:48:36.860
 make your

00:48:36.860 --> 00:48:37.679
 heart a

00:48:37.679 --> 00:48:39.480
 storehouse of

00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:40.339
 the rich,

00:48:40.539 --> 00:48:42.019
 abundant grain

00:48:42.019 --> 00:48:43.579
 of the promises

00:48:43.579 --> 00:48:44.579
 of God to

00:48:44.579 --> 00:48:45.460
 you, that

00:48:45.460 --> 00:48:46.239
 are all yes

00:48:46.239 --> 00:48:46.840
 and amen

00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:47.440
 in Jesus?

00:48:48.599 --> 00:48:49.799
 Okay, what

00:48:49.799 --> 00:48:50.480
 will you do?

00:48:52.179 --> 00:48:52.819
 Here's a

00:48:52.819 --> 00:48:55.019
 suggestion to

00:48:55.019 --> 00:48:57.920
 Spurgeon has

00:48:57.920 --> 00:48:58.259
 a, you know,

00:48:58.319 --> 00:48:58.659
 some of you

00:48:58.659 --> 00:48:59.079
 know his

00:48:59.079 --> 00:48:59.679
 morning and

00:48:59.679 --> 00:48:59.960
 evening.

00:49:00.139 --> 00:49:00.500
 We've talked

00:49:00.500 --> 00:49:00.920
 about that

00:49:00.920 --> 00:49:01.319
 morning by

00:49:01.319 --> 00:49:01.739
 morning and

00:49:01.739 --> 00:49:02.179
 evening by

00:49:02.179 --> 00:49:02.360
 evening.

00:49:02.559 --> 00:49:03.019
 He's got

00:49:03.019 --> 00:49:03.559
 another one

00:49:03.559 --> 00:49:04.239
 like that.

00:49:04.480 --> 00:49:04.759
 It's even

00:49:04.759 --> 00:49:05.539
 shorter, just

00:49:05.539 --> 00:49:06.380
 one paragraph

00:49:06.380 --> 00:49:07.219
 each instead

00:49:07.219 --> 00:49:07.679
 of a page

00:49:07.679 --> 00:49:08.659
 each, called

00:49:08.659 --> 00:49:09.799
 Faith's

00:49:09.799 --> 00:49:10.739
 Checkbook.

00:49:11.539 --> 00:49:13.279
 Okay, and

00:49:13.280 --> 00:49:14.580
 every day he's

00:49:14.580 --> 00:49:15.080
 got another

00:49:15.080 --> 00:49:16.700
 little promise

00:49:16.700 --> 00:49:18.320
 that he gives

00:49:18.320 --> 00:49:18.740
 and a little

00:49:18.740 --> 00:49:19.440
 exposition of

00:49:19.440 --> 00:49:19.820
 that to kind

00:49:19.820 --> 00:49:20.600
 of apply it

00:49:20.600 --> 00:49:21.060
 and help you

00:49:21.060 --> 00:49:21.940
 to trust it

00:49:21.940 --> 00:49:23.019
 and believe it.

00:49:23.380 --> 00:49:24.980
 It's a wonderful

00:49:24.980 --> 00:49:26.620
 little portion to

00:49:26.620 --> 00:49:27.280
 feed on every

00:49:27.280 --> 00:49:27.540
 day.

00:49:27.620 --> 00:49:28.160
 Spurgeon's

00:49:28.160 --> 00:49:29.320
 Checkbook of

00:49:29.320 --> 00:49:29.740
 Faith.

00:49:30.420 --> 00:49:31.800
 A fat portion

00:49:31.800 --> 00:49:32.660
 it is always

00:49:32.660 --> 00:49:33.000
 too.

00:49:34.280 --> 00:49:35.600
 And maybe let

00:49:35.600 --> 00:49:36.580
 the Apostle

00:49:36.580 --> 00:49:37.620
 Paul supply

00:49:37.620 --> 00:49:39.019
 the first pearl.

00:49:39.360 --> 00:49:39.680
 Okay, we want

00:49:39.680 --> 00:49:40.260
 to have like a

00:49:40.260 --> 00:49:41.000
 necklace of all

00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:41.579
 these promises

00:49:41.579 --> 00:49:42.019
 and kind of

00:49:42.019 --> 00:49:42.760
 string these

00:49:42.760 --> 00:49:44.019
 pearls on the

00:49:44.019 --> 00:49:44.699
 necklace so we

00:49:44.699 --> 00:49:45.559
 always wearing

00:49:45.559 --> 00:49:46.539
 it about our

00:49:46.539 --> 00:49:47.199
 neck and have

00:49:47.199 --> 00:49:47.800
 them at hand.

00:49:48.480 --> 00:49:49.699
 So we'll let

00:49:49.699 --> 00:49:50.659
 Paul supply the

00:49:50.659 --> 00:49:51.440
 first pearl of

00:49:51.440 --> 00:49:52.679
 promise as you

00:49:52.679 --> 00:49:53.139
 string the

00:49:53.139 --> 00:49:53.840
 needed necklace

00:49:53.840 --> 00:49:55.519
 and that

00:49:55.519 --> 00:49:56.460
 promise is this.

00:49:57.380 --> 00:49:59.219
 If by the

00:49:59.219 --> 00:50:00.880
 Spirit you

00:50:00.880 --> 00:50:01.960
 put to death

00:50:01.960 --> 00:50:03.400
 the deeds

00:50:03.400 --> 00:50:04.400
 of the body

00:50:04.400 --> 00:50:05.960
 you will

00:50:05.960 --> 00:50:06.880
 live.

00:50:07.599 --> 00:50:08.059
 You will

00:50:08.059 --> 00:50:08.400
 live.

00:50:08.400 --> 00:50:10.139
 All right.

00:50:10.740 --> 00:50:11.240
 Well, thank

00:50:11.240 --> 00:50:11.680
 you team.

00:50:11.820 --> 00:50:12.500
 Stop there.

00:50:13.940 --> 00:50:15.940
 And we

00:50:15.940 --> 00:50:16.380
 might have

00:50:16.380 --> 00:50:18.320
 three or four

00:50:18.320 --> 00:50:18.680
 minutes.

00:50:18.880 --> 00:50:19.760
 Any questions,

00:50:19.920 --> 00:50:20.519
 comments about

00:50:20.519 --> 00:50:20.920
 this?

00:50:21.579 --> 00:50:22.119
 Yes!

00:50:22.539 --> 00:50:22.760
 Chris?

00:50:22.760 --> 00:50:24.360
 My struggle

00:50:24.360 --> 00:50:25.160
 is how

00:50:25.160 --> 00:50:25.380
 do I

00:50:25.380 --> 00:50:25.880
 determine

00:50:25.880 --> 00:50:26.800
 promise

00:50:26.800 --> 00:50:27.700
 versus

00:50:27.700 --> 00:50:28.880
 situational

00:50:28.880 --> 00:50:31.360
 reading in

00:50:31.360 --> 00:50:31.620
 the Bible?

00:50:31.760 --> 00:50:32.260
 For example,

00:50:32.800 --> 00:50:33.580
 it would be

00:50:33.580 --> 00:50:34.340
 ridiculous for

00:50:34.340 --> 00:50:34.960
 me to think

00:50:34.960 --> 00:50:36.580
 the promise

00:50:36.580 --> 00:50:37.040
 of Abraham

00:50:37.040 --> 00:50:37.700
 and the

00:50:37.700 --> 00:50:38.320
 many nations

00:50:38.320 --> 00:50:39.040
 applied to

00:50:39.040 --> 00:50:39.320
 me.

00:50:39.460 --> 00:50:39.700
 Yes!

00:50:39.820 --> 00:50:40.200
 So how

00:50:40.200 --> 00:50:41.020
 do I

00:50:41.020 --> 00:50:41.600
 discern

00:50:41.600 --> 00:50:42.180
 between that?

00:50:42.240 --> 00:50:42.780
 Excellent

00:50:42.780 --> 00:50:43.300
 question.

00:50:43.940 --> 00:50:44.740
 Yes, yes.

00:50:45.880 --> 00:50:46.440
 So,

00:50:46.980 --> 00:50:48.980
 yes,

00:50:48.980 --> 00:50:49.559
 sometimes

00:50:49.559 --> 00:50:49.740
 they're

00:50:49.740 --> 00:50:49.960
 very

00:50:49.960 --> 00:50:50.719
 specific

00:50:50.719 --> 00:50:51.900
 and

00:50:51.900 --> 00:50:54.260
 contextualized.

00:50:55.019 --> 00:50:55.179
 Okay?

00:50:56.820 --> 00:50:57.460
 Your

00:50:57.460 --> 00:50:58.800
 wife,

00:50:58.940 --> 00:50:59.340
 Abraham,

00:50:59.519 --> 00:50:59.880
 who is

00:50:59.880 --> 00:51:00.539
 well advanced

00:51:00.539 --> 00:51:00.980
 in years

00:51:00.980 --> 00:51:01.440
 shall give

00:51:01.440 --> 00:51:01.900
 birth to

00:51:01.900 --> 00:51:02.360
 a son.

00:51:02.900 --> 00:51:03.199
 Okay?

00:51:03.300 --> 00:51:04.059
 So sometimes

00:51:04.059 --> 00:51:04.420
 you can

00:51:04.420 --> 00:51:06.219
 see that

00:51:06.219 --> 00:51:06.639
 this is

00:51:06.639 --> 00:51:07.599
 very,

00:51:07.719 --> 00:51:08.340
 very

00:51:08.340 --> 00:51:09.480
 contextually

00:51:09.480 --> 00:51:10.820
 spoken

00:51:10.820 --> 00:51:11.639
 to

00:51:11.639 --> 00:51:12.179
 an

00:51:12.179 --> 00:51:12.800
 individual

00:51:12.800 --> 00:51:13.800
 at a

00:51:13.800 --> 00:51:14.179
 particular

00:51:14.179 --> 00:51:14.760
 time and

00:51:14.760 --> 00:51:15.199
 place.

00:51:15.639 --> 00:51:16.579
 But the

00:51:16.579 --> 00:51:17.559
 vast majority

00:51:17.559 --> 00:51:18.219
 of promises

00:51:18.219 --> 00:51:19.159
 are simply

00:51:19.159 --> 00:51:19.820
 spoken to

00:51:19.820 --> 00:51:20.259
 the people

00:51:20.259 --> 00:51:20.820
 of God.

00:51:21.420 --> 00:51:21.960
 And the

00:51:21.960 --> 00:51:22.460
 other thing

00:51:22.460 --> 00:51:22.820
 that you

00:51:22.820 --> 00:51:23.820
 can do

00:51:23.820 --> 00:51:24.139
 is you

00:51:24.139 --> 00:51:24.880
 know that

00:51:24.880 --> 00:51:25.860
 the God

00:51:25.860 --> 00:51:26.279
 who has

00:51:26.279 --> 00:51:27.699
 spoken this

00:51:27.699 --> 00:51:28.500
 promise,

00:51:28.860 --> 00:51:30.940
 his character

00:51:30.940 --> 00:51:31.360
 has not

00:51:31.360 --> 00:51:31.940
 changed and

00:51:31.940 --> 00:51:32.619
 his goodwill

00:51:32.619 --> 00:51:33.000
 to his

00:51:33.000 --> 00:51:34.659
 people has

00:51:34.659 --> 00:51:35.360
 not changed.

00:51:35.500 --> 00:51:36.219
 So I bet

00:51:36.219 --> 00:51:36.559
 you there's

00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:36.900
 some sort

00:51:36.900 --> 00:51:37.599
 of application

00:51:37.599 --> 00:51:38.960
 of this

00:51:38.960 --> 00:51:40.119
 promise to

00:51:40.119 --> 00:51:40.480
 me,

00:51:40.599 --> 00:51:41.159
 even though

00:51:41.159 --> 00:51:41.519
 it wasn't

00:51:41.519 --> 00:51:42.159
 specifically

00:51:42.159 --> 00:51:42.900
 spoken to

00:51:42.900 --> 00:51:43.159
 me.

00:51:43.559 --> 00:51:43.880
 As again,

00:51:43.940 --> 00:51:44.420
 Paul writes,

00:51:44.719 --> 00:51:45.340
 all the

00:51:45.340 --> 00:51:46.139
 promises are

00:51:46.139 --> 00:51:46.779
 yes and

00:51:46.779 --> 00:51:47.539
 amen in

00:51:47.539 --> 00:51:48.119
 Jesus to

00:51:48.119 --> 00:51:48.500
 the people

00:51:48.500 --> 00:51:48.880
 of God

00:51:48.880 --> 00:51:49.259
 now.

00:51:50.079 --> 00:51:51.860
 So you

00:51:51.860 --> 00:51:52.279
 can think,

00:51:52.519 --> 00:51:53.159
 is there

00:51:53.159 --> 00:51:53.800
 some sort

00:51:53.800 --> 00:51:54.619
 of disposition

00:51:54.619 --> 00:51:55.759
 of God

00:51:55.759 --> 00:51:56.199
 that this

00:51:56.199 --> 00:51:56.940
 expresses?

00:51:57.539 --> 00:51:58.420
 That same

00:51:58.420 --> 00:51:58.860
 sort of

00:51:58.860 --> 00:51:59.440
 disposition

00:51:59.440 --> 00:52:00.400
 is true

00:52:00.400 --> 00:52:00.840
 of me.

00:52:01.519 --> 00:52:01.759
 Okay?

00:52:01.980 --> 00:52:02.519
 He has

00:52:02.519 --> 00:52:03.539
 promised that

00:52:03.539 --> 00:52:04.159
 I will not

00:52:04.159 --> 00:52:04.719
 be killed

00:52:04.719 --> 00:52:05.360
 by an

00:52:05.360 --> 00:52:05.779
 arrow.

00:52:06.639 --> 00:52:06.840
 Okay?

00:52:07.079 --> 00:52:07.940
 I might not

00:52:07.940 --> 00:52:08.380
 be worried

00:52:08.380 --> 00:52:08.840
 that that's

00:52:08.840 --> 00:52:09.099
 how I'm

00:52:09.099 --> 00:52:09.259
 going to

00:52:09.259 --> 00:52:09.659
 lose my

00:52:09.659 --> 00:52:10.079
 life.

00:52:10.500 --> 00:52:10.980
 But does

00:52:10.980 --> 00:52:11.880
 that mean

00:52:11.880 --> 00:52:13.179
 that my

00:52:13.179 --> 00:52:13.840
 life is in

00:52:13.840 --> 00:52:14.320
 his hands

00:52:14.320 --> 00:52:14.599
 and he

00:52:14.599 --> 00:52:15.159
 will protect

00:52:15.159 --> 00:52:15.380
 me?

00:52:15.500 --> 00:52:15.840
 Yes.

00:52:15.960 --> 00:52:16.219
 And even

00:52:16.219 --> 00:52:16.579
 though that

00:52:16.579 --> 00:52:17.219
 promise has

00:52:17.219 --> 00:52:17.779
 been spoken

00:52:17.779 --> 00:52:18.679
 in terms

00:52:18.679 --> 00:52:19.099
 of maybe

00:52:19.099 --> 00:52:20.139
 a pestilence

00:52:20.139 --> 00:52:20.879
 that stalks

00:52:20.879 --> 00:52:21.339
 by night

00:52:21.339 --> 00:52:21.579
 or an

00:52:21.579 --> 00:52:22.019
 arrow that

00:52:22.019 --> 00:52:22.599
 flies by

00:52:22.599 --> 00:52:23.159
 day or

00:52:23.159 --> 00:52:23.459
 the other

00:52:23.459 --> 00:52:23.819
 way around,

00:52:25.099 --> 00:52:26.000
 you kind

00:52:26.000 --> 00:52:26.319
 of have an

00:52:26.319 --> 00:52:26.779
 intuitive

00:52:26.779 --> 00:52:28.759
 sense that

00:52:28.759 --> 00:52:30.519
 he's watching

00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:31.899
 out for me

00:52:31.899 --> 00:52:33.099
 and he

00:52:33.099 --> 00:52:33.719
 has,

00:52:33.980 --> 00:52:34.639
 he knows the

00:52:34.639 --> 00:52:35.099
 number of

00:52:35.099 --> 00:52:35.539
 days that he

00:52:35.539 --> 00:52:36.019
 has for me

00:52:36.019 --> 00:52:36.459
 even before

00:52:36.459 --> 00:52:36.980
 I live one

00:52:36.980 --> 00:52:37.259
 of them.

00:52:37.260 --> 00:52:39.360
 so you

00:52:39.360 --> 00:52:40.020
 kind of

00:52:40.020 --> 00:52:41.140
 subtly get

00:52:41.140 --> 00:52:41.460
 to know

00:52:41.460 --> 00:52:42.300
 the language

00:52:42.300 --> 00:52:42.940
 of scripture

00:52:42.940 --> 00:52:44.160
 and how

00:52:44.160 --> 00:52:44.480
 to do

00:52:44.480 --> 00:52:45.140
 the translation

00:52:45.140 --> 00:52:45.920
 work.

00:52:46.440 --> 00:52:46.840
 Sometimes

00:52:46.840 --> 00:52:47.560
 it's hard

00:52:47.560 --> 00:52:47.900
 to give

00:52:47.900 --> 00:52:48.460
 precise

00:52:48.460 --> 00:52:49.900
 rules

00:52:49.900 --> 00:52:50.460
 about how

00:52:50.460 --> 00:52:50.660
 to go

00:52:50.660 --> 00:52:51.020
 about it

00:52:51.020 --> 00:52:51.380
 because it's

00:52:51.380 --> 00:52:52.080
 a language.

00:52:52.340 --> 00:52:52.680
 How do you

00:52:52.680 --> 00:52:53.340
 give rules

00:52:53.340 --> 00:52:54.000
 for translating

00:52:54.000 --> 00:52:54.680
 a language

00:52:54.680 --> 00:52:55.620
 where there's

00:52:55.620 --> 00:52:56.480
 certain idioms

00:52:56.480 --> 00:52:57.160
 in Japanese?

00:52:57.460 --> 00:52:57.660
 Well,

00:52:58.020 --> 00:52:58.440
 yeah,

00:52:58.780 --> 00:52:59.420
 you just get

00:52:59.420 --> 00:52:59.920
 a feel

00:52:59.920 --> 00:53:00.260
 for the

00:53:00.260 --> 00:53:00.620
 language.

00:53:01.140 --> 00:53:01.480
 So the

00:53:01.480 --> 00:53:01.940
 more you're

00:53:01.940 --> 00:53:02.599
 in scripture,

00:53:02.960 --> 00:53:03.380
 the more

00:53:03.380 --> 00:53:03.639
 you're going

00:53:03.639 --> 00:53:03.980
 to get a

00:53:03.980 --> 00:53:04.380
 feel for

00:53:04.380 --> 00:53:04.880
 the language

00:53:04.880 --> 00:53:05.420
 and how

00:53:05.420 --> 00:53:06.360
 to translate

00:53:06.360 --> 00:53:07.720
 those idioms.

00:53:07.840 --> 00:53:08.079
 But that's

00:53:08.079 --> 00:53:08.460
 a great

00:53:08.460 --> 00:53:09.460
 question.

00:53:10.659 --> 00:53:10.720
 Yeah.

00:53:11.300 --> 00:53:11.880
 O team,

00:53:12.599 --> 00:53:13.079
 I'm seeing

00:53:13.079 --> 00:53:13.579
 that time

00:53:13.579 --> 00:53:13.940
 and if it's

00:53:13.940 --> 00:53:14.360
 correct,

00:53:14.539 --> 00:53:15.280
 we probably

00:53:15.280 --> 00:53:16.380
 better head

00:53:16.380 --> 00:53:16.599
 up.

00:53:17.059 --> 00:53:17.619
 See you,

00:53:17.679 --> 00:53:18.019
 Lord willing,

00:53:18.159 --> 00:53:18.800
 next week

00:53:18.800 --> 00:53:20.200
 and we will

00:53:20.200 --> 00:53:20.980
 continue on.

00:53:27.320 --> 00:53:28.039
 I haven't

00:53:28.039 --> 00:53:28.480
 touched it,

00:53:28.599 --> 00:53:30.380
 so I

00:53:30.380 --> 00:53:30.760
 couldn't have

00:53:30.760 --> 00:53:31.240
 found it up.

00:53:31.940 --> 00:53:32.480
 I can't

00:53:32.480 --> 00:53:32.720
 carry it.

00:53:32.720 --> 00:53:32.740
 I can't

00:53:32.740 --> 00:53:32.760
 carry it.

00:53:33.220 --> 00:53:33.559
 I can't

00:53:33.559 --> 00:53:33.639
 carry it.